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Bookworms are lighting torches and sharpening their pitchforks in fiery fury as Amazon prepares to cease supporting older Kindle technologies this spring. “Starting May 20, 2026, customers using Kindle and Kindle Fire devices released in 2012 and earlier will no longer be able to purchase, borrow, or download new content via the Kindle Store,” representatives for Amazon confirmed in an exclusive quote to The Post.
“These models have been supported for at least 14 years — some as long as 18 years — but technology has come a long way in that time, and these devices will no longer be supported moving forward,” the spokesperson continued. “We are notifying those still actively using them and offering promotions to help with the transition to newer devices,” the insider added. “Their accounts and Kindle Library also remain fully accessible through the free Kindle app and Kindle for Web.” New iPhone scam can empty bank accounts, experts warn — here's how to protect your moneyImpacted devices will include Kindle 1st Generation and 2nd Generation , Kindle DX and DX Graphite , Kindle Keyboard , Kindle 4 , Kindle Touch , Kindle 5 , and Kindle Paperwhite 1st Generation . The Kindle Fire 1st Gen , Kindle Fire 2nd Gen , Kindle Fire HD 7 , Kindle Fire HD 8.9 , are also on the chopping block. The forewarning explained that Kindle fans can “continue to read books already downloaded on these devices, but you will not be able to purchase, borrow or download additional books on them after that date.” “If you deregister or factory reset these devices, you will not be able to re-register or use these devices in any way.”“Stupidly and naively, it didn’t occur to me that Amazon would force-retire my Kindle Fire 7 that my wife gave me for an anniversary well over a decade ago, one of my most treasured possessions,”wrote a sore cynic . “The new Kindle devices have ads in them, which you have to pay extra to remove them. I’m assuming they couldn’t put ads on the old Kindles. Sooner or later, the ads will play every other page! We live in corporate hell now!.”. “Amazon is bricking old Kindles, including my beloved Kindle 5 . I hate the touch screen versions, I’ve tried them and I’m always accidentally flipping pages.” This is A NIGHTMARE. Amazon is bricking old Kindles, including my beloved Kindle 5 . I hate the touch screen versions, I've tried them and I'm always accidentally flipping pages.The trendsetting 20-somethings are ditching new-fangled digital doodads for old-timey gadgets and habits. “It’s a really therapeutic way to kind of distract yourself from either work or stress, but also just do something with your hands instead of doomscrolling,” Emma MacTaggart, 23, who was crowned for popularizing the term “grandma hobbies” online, said in a statement. Ex-NYPD sergeant hauled off to jail after he learns fate for fatal NYC cooler throw: One of the ‘darkest days’ in our professionIvanka Trump tears up about losing her mother, Jared's battle with cancer and watching her father get shot in 'real time'Beloved ‘Love on the Spectrum’ couple Abbey Romeo and David Isaacman break up after 5 years: report UK deploys military in response to Russian aggressionNatasha Lyonne escorted off Delta flight after looking 'out of it' following HBO's 'Euphoria' Season 3 premiere in LA Stream It Or Skip It: 'Trust Me: The False Prophet' On Netflix, A Docuseries About A Cult Expert And Her Husband Finding Sexual Abuse In An FLDS Community Ex-NYPD sergeant hauled off to jail after he learns fate for fatal NYC cooler throw: One of the ‘darkest days’ in our profession
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