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A comment on Kindle to end store downloads and registering for 1st-5th gen kindles in May. Parent comment

Re:Kindle to end store downloads and registering for 1st-5th... by timdiggerm on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @02:27PM (#47679367)
Yeah but HN commenters are not a representative sample of the ebook consumer base
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Re:Kindle to end store downloads and registering for 1st-5th... by sbarre on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @03:33PM (#47680261)
Like I said, anecdotal...
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Re:Kindle to end store downloads and registering for 1st-5th... by johanyc on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @09:01PM (#47683405)
Most consumers probably never heard of the word DRM
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Re:Kindle to end store downloads and registering for 1st-5th... by wombatpm on Wednesday April 08, 2026 @06:48PM (#47697228)
But we do have families. I’ve set my wife and kid up with Calibre
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