I’ve never let my kindle connect to wifi. Mostly because of the tracking shit (that I now know they definitely do) but also so Amazon doesn’t brick it with an “update”.
You can block all their advertising, telemetry and even their software update domains with pi hole. The older readers allow you to set hardcoded DNS to your pi hole server. Not sure if the newer Kindle Fires and Paperwhites do or not.
A cookie banner with “Yes track me” and “Choose how much you want us to track you” button (on the retailer for my country, doesn’t seem to appear on the dot com site) doesn’t inspire confidence.
Hows their ink screens? I stayed with kindle primarily for their paperwhite, which is darn comfortable even in direct sunlight.
That’s not true. The rich are extremely rich and with immense amount of power and influence, while the working class has little to nothing. That’s capitalism working perfectly as designed, my friend
Issue is reading device, not ebooks. I recommend pocketbook as better alternative to kindle.
I’ve never let my kindle connect to wifi. Mostly because of the tracking shit (that I now know they definitely do) but also so Amazon doesn’t brick it with an “update”.
You can block all their advertising, telemetry and even their software update domains with pi hole. The older readers allow you to set hardcoded DNS to your pi hole server. Not sure if the newer Kindle Fires and Paperwhites do or not.
If supported by your router, you can redirect any errant DNS queries back to your specified DNS server.
A cookie banner with “Yes track me” and “Choose how much you want us to track you” button (on the retailer for my country, doesn’t seem to appear on the dot com site) doesn’t inspire confidence.
Hows their ink screens? I stayed with kindle primarily for their paperwhite, which is darn comfortable even in direct sunlight.
Capitalism has failed.
That’s not true. The rich are extremely rich and with immense amount of power and influence, while the working class has little to nothing. That’s capitalism working perfectly as designed, my friend