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

On Tue, 17 Feb 2025, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

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?

I would assume the worst, since we are talking about Amazon.
But I also think they are increasingly irrelevant. Just buy a Kobo, or one of the other 3-4 brands out there, and enjoy a DRM-free reading experienced based on pdf or epub. =)
My father has a 10 year old kindle, that will soon retire, since the battery only lasts for 2-3 days or so, and I have a bad kindle copy that will also soon go to meet its maker (?).
I will buy a kobo or a https://onyxboox.com/ I think.
I am struggling with if I should stick with my 6" form factor which is convenient when moving about, but not convenient for my newspaper (which I read on my laptop). Or if I should go for a 10" ebook.
What do you think?