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Amazon Kindle is a series of e-readers designed and marketed by Amazon. Amazon Kindle devices enable users to browse, buy, download, and read e-books, newspapers, magazines, Audible audiobooks, and other digital media via wireless networking to the Kindle Store. The hardware platform, which Amazon subsidiary Lab126 developed, began as a single device in 2007. Currently, it comprises a range of devices, including e-readers with E Ink electronic paper displays and Kindle applications on all major computing platforms. All Kindle devices integrate with Windows and macOS file systems and Kindle Store content and, as of March 2018, the store had over six million e-books available in the United States

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In a move that angered the first five generation of Kindle owners, Amazon will kill those 2007-2012 products on May 20, 2026, because they’re too old.

I believe you can still side-load your content or continue to use books you previously downloaded, but starting May 20, you can no longer purchase, borrow, or download new books from the Kindle Store.

I am not a fan of Amazon for this move. If you have an old Kindle that is working just fine, I feel it’s unfair that Amazon force-kill your device. Some people argue that these devices are too old and holding back progress on new Kindle software… but I still think it’s a crappy move.

Right now, I own one Kindle Scribe, and I was entertaining getting a Kindle Scribe Colorsoft, but now with this murder of old Kindle devices… I’m definitely never going to buy another Kindle ever again. I’ve already sworn off of buying any Ring Camera after hearing that they spy on you and they work with ICE (although they discontinued working with them – the damage’s done.)

Products that will stop working on May 20:

Kindle: Kindle 1st Generation (2007), Kindle DX and DX Graphite (2009 and 2010), Kindle Keyboard (2010), Kindle 4 (2011), Kindle Touch (2011), Kindle 5 (2012), and Kindle Paperwhite 1st Generation (2012)

Kindle Fire Tablets: Kindle Fire 1st Gen (2011), Kindle Fire 2nd Gen (2012), Kindle Fire HD 7 (2012), Kindle Fire HD 8.9 (2012)

If you are forced to buy a new Kindle, be aware that they might have advertisements on newer models (so I would just pay a little more to remove the ads)… and also you need to dispose the old Kindle as e-waste. Personally speaking, just get an iPad or maybe explore the Kobo or the Barnes & Noble’s Nook. Both have their own book stores and they haven’t killed off old products (at least that I’m aware of).