Re: Amazon to remove download/transfer via USB option for ebooks?

On Feb 17, 2025, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan wrote
(in article <m1hun6FkdncU1@mid.individual.net>):

I'm a little skeptical as this seems like the kind of thing that would
require an announcement, and I haven't gotten one, but this UK pundit
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMoCzeGnIss
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says that the ability to download a Kindle ebook to your hard drive
is going away in a week or so.
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Very worrying if true (possibly a UK only thing?)
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Since I routinely put everything I buy into Calibre, this would be
an unwelcome development, though I think I could get around it (so far)
with an extra step of uploading the file from the Kindle in mass storage
mode.
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Does anyone have more details?

First I’ve heard of it.

If it’s true, then I suspect that I won’t be buying any more ebooks from
Amazon.