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Re:Amazon's killing a feature that let you download and back... by paulcole on Saturday February 15, 2025 @06:16PM (#43063439)
> This is how it worked for nearly all of history

I don’t see you saying this about how we used to die if we got an infection.

Times change.

> Buying a Kindle over and over again benefits no one but Amazon and their stock holders.

It benefits me! The kindle I bought last year is many times more enjoyable to use than the one I bought a decade ago.

Re:Amazon's killing a feature that let you download and back... by Larrikin on Saturday February 15, 2025 @07:46PM (#43064167)
>The kindle I bought last year is many times more enjoyable to use than the one I bought a decade ago.

I know you're trolling, but in what way? Ebooks were always light, the only meaningful innovations have been sort of having color, getting bigger, and a stylus. Those are legitimate reasons to upgrades, everything else is software that could be updated.

>Times change.

People being in abusive relationships and thinking its good for them have existed forever. See how I didn't bring up something completely irrelevant to the conversation to make a point.

Re:Amazon's killing a feature that let you download and back... by paulcole on Sunday February 16, 2025 @09:14AM (#43068174)
> I know you're trolling, but in what way

No, I am not trolling.

It is faster to turn pages, it has more storage, the screen is better, it has a light. If you want to include the scribe, it has a much bigger screen and I can write/draw on it.

It’s like your computer or phone. Would you really be thrilled to be using the 2015 version of those things today?