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
  • @[email protected]English
    68•3 months 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

    • atocciEnglish
      19•3 months 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.

        • atocciEnglish
          11•3 months ago

          Yes, including EPUB files

          • @[email protected]English
            5•3 months ago

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

    • DreamButtEnglish
      2•3 months ago

      Ya I thought it was talking about advertising them or something