The latest generation, Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Scribe 2, Kindle Scribe 1, and Kindle and the upcoming Kindle Colorsoft, all have something in common. When you plug them into USB into your PC or MAC, they no longer appear as external drives. This prevents users from using file managers to back up their books or to sideload new books onto the Kindle. Amazon has also removed the download and transfer via USB option for purchased ebooks from the content page. This will likely prevent people from striping the DRM from the books and sharing them on piracy websites. This is not
  • LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.orgEnglish
    681·
    28 days ago

    Specifically:

    When you plug them into USB into your PC or MAC, they no longer appear as external drives.

    For anyone else who’s confused at the title

    • atocci@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      28 days ago

      Critically, while they wont appear as drives, they will appear as MTP devices (the same way Android phones do) and will still allow you to transfer files. The communication protocol is different, but “New Kindle e-readers no longer appear on computers” isn’t true unless your OS of choice doesn’t support MTP.

      • chaosCruiserEnglish
        21·
        28 days ago

        Ok, but can you still transfer your own books through MTP?

          • chaosCruiserEnglish
            5·
            28 days ago

            It must have been a slow day at the news office. Literally nothing special to write about, so this article was slapped together.