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Amazon Illegally ‘Bricked’ Older Kindle Models, Class Action Suit Claims
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1424043/amazon-illegally-bricked-older-kindle-models-class-action-suit-claims
www.classaction.org/news/amazon-illegally-bricked-older-kindle-models-class-action-suit-claimsReplying to @beep@piefed.world
by removing access to digital content and discontinuing software support.
I really hope this gets somewhere, because then it sets the precedent to slow down the shitty cycle of modern connected technology. Sue phone manufacturers for dropping support after X years. Sue Google and Apple for relentlessly upping their OS version, dropping old API support, restricting old apps and making independent installs difficult. Sue ISPs for shutting down 2G, 3G, (and now 4G?) and making a pile of e-waste in an instant.
Replying to @Yaky@slrpnk.net
It’s not even necessarily the end of support and updates for old products. If I have a Black and Decker drill from 1920, it’s not reasonable to expect them to still service it.
But what is unreasonable is allowing Black and Decker to break my drill. And that’s what Amazon is doing when they restrict access to content that was previously viewable on the older models.