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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/iFixit/statuses/116608470624092511">iFixit (ifixit@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-May-2026 05:11:09 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@iFixit" title="ifixit@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/304885-48-20241209185930.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="iFixit" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">iFixit</a></section><article><p>Today, Amazon effectively kills support for older Kindles. Not because the screens stopped working. Not because the batteries all died. Because Amazon decided perfectly usable e-readers should be cut off from the services that made them useful. That is not innovation. That is forced obsolescence with a checkout button. Sign PIRG’s petition and tell Amazon to stop bricking working Kindles.</p><p>PIRG Petition: <a href="https://pirg.org/take-action/tell-amazon-dont-junk-older-kindle-models/" rel="nofollow">https://pirg.org/take-action/tell-amazon-dont-junk-older-kindle-models/</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6414309#notice-12627809">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-05-21T05:11:09+09:00" title="Thursday, 21-May-2026 05:11:09 JST">about 5 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@iFixit/116608470624092511" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@iFixit/116608470624092511">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/6099079">A Kindle e-reader resting on a table beside a small cup of espresso on a saucer, creating a cozy reading scene. The Kindle screen displays a page of text, suggesting someone relaxing with a book and coffee.</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/608/429/455/805/846/original/cd261b4d1550015c.jpeg" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/608/429/455/805/846/original/cd261b4d1550015c.jpeg</a></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: pirg.org</div><h5><a href="https://pirg.org/take-action/tell-amazon-dont-junk-older-kindle-models/">Tell Amazon: Don't junk older Kindle models</a></h5><div> from <span>jsmith</span></div></header><div>On May 20, Amazon is ending support for 13 Kindle models: every Kindle made before 2013, including the original Paperwhite and four Kindle Fires. Tell Amazon: keep these 13 Kindles connected to the Kindle Store.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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iFixit (ifixit@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-May-2026 05:11:09 JST iFixit
Today, Amazon effectively kills support for older Kindles. Not because the screens stopped working. Not because the batteries all died. Because Amazon decided perfectly usable e-readers should be cut off from the services that made them useful. That is not innovation. That is forced obsolescence with a checkout button. Sign PIRG’s petition and tell Amazon to stop bricking working Kindles.
PIRG Petition: https://pirg.org/take-action/tell-amazon-dont-junk-older-kindle-models/
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  Tell Amazon: Don't junk older Kindle models
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  On May 20, Amazon is ending support for 13 Kindle models: every Kindle made before 2013, including the original Paperwhite and four Kindle Fires. Tell Amazon: keep these 13 Kindles connected to the Kindle Store.

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