With the removal of the popular functionality, Amazon seems to be grooving its users to stick to its ecosystem.

Warning to all Amazon Kindle users, time is running out to use the long-standing download feature. Starting February 26th, you won’t have the ability to download digital books, a major change to the ...

Starting Feb. 26, 2025 (via ZDNet) you will no longer be able to download copies of your Kindle books and use those files as ...

Amazon will cease the ability to download and transfer options for the Kindle e-reader on February 26th, 2025. No Kindle can use this functionality once the due date rolls around. Only the 12th ...

This obviously isn’t the best situation for consumers and as many have noted, including Dan Frommer of SplatF, it has made purchasing Kindle books more difficult for the user - despite the premise of ...