supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Enshittification@slrpnk.net · 3 days agoAmazon thanks loyal Kindle devotees by bricking their kitwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square62linkfedilinkarrow-up1242arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1241arrow-down1external-linkAmazon thanks loyal Kindle devotees by bricking their kitwww.theregister.comsupersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to Enshittification@slrpnk.net · 3 days agomessage-square62linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square123linkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 day agoExcept it hasn’t, and they are still functional. If anything they could have disabled WiFi to remove an exploit vector if they were out of support but retained the USB functions, but they promise to brick them on factory reset instead.
Except it hasn’t, and they are still functional. If anything they could have disabled WiFi to remove an exploit vector if they were out of support but retained the USB functions, but they promise to brick them on factory reset instead.