But lets see the Positive side: Now the Nazis wont have to burn thousands of books, saving tons of co2 in their Plan to take over the world with propaganda. So, yay for the envoirment I guess

  • @JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works
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    142 months ago

    I’ve got an old Kindle, but not too old, which I jailbroke just yesterday with Winter break. I recommend that method for those considering getting drm free usage out of their device (instead of it contributing to ewaste).

    • @Machinist@lemmy.world
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      22 months ago

      Been using 10th gen kindle, 5.17.1 firmware, as my daily driver. It’s not jailbroken, use calibre server to download my alternately sourced ebooks, convert to .mobi as needed.

      I looked at Winterbreak. Decided not to fool with it as I can still sail with stock.

      Any advantage to a jailbreak other than future proofing against side loading being disabled?

      • @JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works
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        22 months ago

        I think that’s pretty much it. Future proofing seems to be the idea I’m getting, that and customisations/custom firmware. I used to have custom screensavers on one many years ago, which I’m going to do again.

    • @Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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      12 months ago

      Why not too old? I bought 4 gen 4 & 5 kindles off ebay for like $20 on purpose. I hate backlights and they still work great.