Amazon have rendered my kindle useless

I was appalled when I read the first part of this story, however as I continued, sadly this is the downside of technology, it improves and upgrades so quickly.

It’s the same with smart phones, Tablets and PC’s.

This doesn’t make it right and it’s annoying, but it is quite “normal”

No not weird Grandmabatty there are a few I've read more than once.

I constantly re-read books Smileless, both on my kindle and in real life! I must be weird

From what I read, you can side load books, use other software available to load as well.

Reddit is all over it offering solutions for the affected users, you are not alone

Fyi - it is not unusual for the industry to sunset technology after certain number of years

What amazes me is that your kindle still works and the battery has not failed yet, congrats!

DM if you would like me to send you links and help about how to continue using your kindle, if you want.

Aveline

How old is your Kindle? I'm panicking as I'd be lost without mine. It's a Paperwhite (I think)

Mine is 2018 ...its fine

It’s the same with iPads, iPhones and other devices, it reaches the stage when the older ones cannot support all the new updates etc.

Affected devices include Kindle 1st and 2nd Generation, Kindle DX and DX Graphite, Kindle Keyboard, Kindle 4, Kindle Touch, Kindle 5, and Kindle Paperwhite 1st Generation.

These are the devices that are affected. They are all about 12 years old, or older.

How old is your Kindle? I'm panicking as I'd be lost without mine. It's a Paperwhite (I think)

It seems extraordinary to sell an item whose purpose is to download books to read and then make it unable to do this!
I have downloaded the kindle app to my phone instead and will read from there.

Have you tried the kindle app itself? I discovered I couldn't get books from Amazon any more but looked on the kindle app and there's lots of books on there.

Depends on the terms and conditions when you bought it Luckygirl as to whether there is any legal recourse.

The new ones are a lot better to be fair, and aren’t that pricey.

So it's been rendered useless Luckygirl .

Not many people want to read books they've already read which may well be the case if already downloaded Grandmabatty.

You will still be able to use it to read the books you have already downloaded, but not add new ones.
However I agree with you that they want you to buy a new one.