6 outlets·6 reports
Amazon to end support for older Kindle devices
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Amazon is ending support for older Kindle and Kindle Fire devices, cutting them off from the Kindle Store and halting new store downloads. Beginning in May, registration for first-through-fifth-generation Kindles will no longer be possible, effectively ending official service for those models.
Written from all 6 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- Hacker News·Kindle to end store downloads and registering for 1st-5th gen kindles in May
- The Verge·Amazon is ending support for older Kindles and Kindle Fires
- Engadget·Amazon is cutting off support for older Kindles
- Ars Technica·For the first time ever, Amazon is cutting old Kindles off from the Kindle Store
- Wired·Amazon Pulls Support for Perfectly Fine Older Kindles
- TechCrunch·Amazon to end support for older Kindle devices
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