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 ==Background==
-Amazon allows purchasing e-books on their platform. These e-books are designed to be used with Amazon Kindle devices and the Kindle app. The "download and transfer via USB" feature allowed users to download purchased e-books on their computers. The intended use for this was to allow people to transfer e-books from their computer to their Kindle, without requiring the Kindle to have an internet connection. The "download and transfer via USB" feature was available since the early days of Kindle, when many devices didn't have {{Wplink|Wi-Fi}} capabilities, such as the Kindle 1, Kindle 2, and Kindle DX.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Amazon_Kindle_1|publisher=MobileRead Wiki|title=Amazon Kindle 1|language=en|format=wiki page|date=21 Nov 2011}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Amazon_Kindle_2|title=Amazon Kindle 2|publisher=MobileRead Wiki|language=en|format=wiki page|date=21 Nov 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kindle_DX|date=15 Apr 2014|title=Kindle DX|format=wiki page|publisher=MobileRead Wiki|language=en}}</ref>
+Amazon allows purchasing e-books on their platform. These e-books are designed to be used with Amazon Kindle devices and the Kindle app. The "download and transfer via USB" feature allowed users to download purchased e-books on their computers. The intended use for this was to allow people to transfer e-books from their computer to their Kindle, without requiring the Kindle to have an internet connection. The "download and transfer via USB" feature was available since the early days of Kindle, when many devices didn't have {{Wplink|Wi-Fi}} capabilities, such as the Kindle 1, Kindle 2, and Kindle DX.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=21 Nov 2011 |title=Amazon Kindle 1 |url=https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Amazon_Kindle_1 |archive-url=https://archive.ph/gAZqC |archive-date=2026-01-04 |publisher=MobileRead Wiki |language=en |format=wiki page}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=21 Nov 2011 |title=Amazon Kindle 2 |url=https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Amazon_Kindle_2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/QmcSy |archive-date=2026-01-04 |publisher=MobileRead Wiki |language=en |format=wiki page}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 Apr 2014 |title=Kindle DX |url=https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kindle_DX |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/kBocF |archive-date=2026-01-04 |publisher=MobileRead Wiki |language=en |format=wiki page}}</ref>
 ===Reasons for feature===
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 ==Customer response==
-This change has caused significant backlash from customers.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMoCzeGnIss|title=Amazon are changing the way you own your Kindle books - you have 10 days to react|date=16 Feb 2025|publisher=YouTube|author=CriminOlly|format=video|language=en}}</ref> This is due to the following reasons:
+This change has caused significant backlash from customers.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |author=CriminOlly |date=16 Feb 2025 |title=Amazon are changing the way you own your Kindle books - you have 10 days to react |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMoCzeGnIss |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/fWSJK |archive-date=2026-01-04 |publisher=YouTube |language=en |format=video}}</ref> This is due to the following reasons:
 *The change makes it much harder for customers to read e-books they have purchased on non-Kindle devices.
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 This change means that all files transferred to the device will have to pass through a software filter running on the device before being accepted. Currently, this filtering is ineffective as demonstrated by WinterBreak which uses the exposed HTML cache. Future software revisions can and will add restrictions, especially to "improve security."
-Amazon has been pushing for content to go through Send-To-Kindle<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/sendtokindle|publisher=Amazon|title=Send to Kindle page}}</ref> instead of USB. This allows Amazon to restrict the usage of Kindle devices to display illicit content.
+Amazon has been pushing for content to go through Send-To-Kindle<ref>{{Cite web |title=Send to Kindle page |url=https://www.amazon.com/sendtokindle |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/ft38A |archive-date=2026-01-04 |publisher=Amazon}}</ref> instead of USB. This allows Amazon to restrict the usage of Kindle devices to display illicit content.
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