But it didn’t. You can still add whatever you want to your kindle.
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With the right cable! The world has long since moved onto USB-C.
I've got about 5 USB-C cables but I must have accumulated about 50 micro-USBs over the years!
Oh, I've got more than I know what to do with. Thing is, as with all USB cables, just because it plugs in doesn't mean it will accomplish the desired goal.
True, I really should label which ones are actually good. Well, really I could just chuck the bad ones!
But what if they actually work and you missed it or if they could work if you learned how to fix them
You're right, I'll sleep on a big pile of possibly-broken cables like a dragon
name checks out bro
Does it?
The hobbit dragon
Lol, can't believe I missed that
XD
Is the simplest solution here not just to leave the ecosystem entirely?
I had a Kindle type device a long time ago and I decided to get rid of it in favor of something that is much more flexible and can actually handle whatever kind of book I want to put on it.
Cool Reader.
Works on win, *nix, and Android. Probably also Mac, maybe ios
The challenge is the monopolistic death grip Amazon has on self publishing.
For many genres, authors get almost all of their income from Kindle Unlimited. KU requires exclusivity. The result is entire genres of books that are almost entirely Kindle exclusive.
So, the only real options for readers of these genes is either Kindle Unlimited (or buying on Kindle, I suppose) or piracy.
Some authors release serialized content on Patreon or a similar paid or free platform, but those platforms often only get first drafts, are difficult to navigate to get full books, and only cover a subset of authors anyway. And books get "stubbed", which means everything past the 10% mark gets deleted to comply with Amazon exclusivity, so this is only even an option if you read the whole thing as it is being written. (FWIW, it's also crazy expensive if you want to support authors; it can easily cost hundreds of dollars monthly with all the subscriptions.)
So, if you want authors to get paid for their work, then, realistically, you're stuck using Kindle.
It sucks, but that's the reality until regulators prevent Amazon from forcing exclusivity for inclusion in the KU program.
Maybe time for a different system?
Such as?
At this point, I feel the authors and readers need to practice collective action and boycott respectively.
Not a good time for it, but there's never a good time.
Translation: you feel that authors should go back to working a regular job.
It will take work to completely supplant and make redundant the current system.