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Limp Gawd
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I just bought a kindle touch 6" and opened it but I think I have made a big mistake.
I bought it because it was the only ereader at a local shop but I didn't realise I couldn't use it without wifi or an Amazon account.
Is there a way to use it without one by reflashing it?
I just want to read out of copyright public domain and free wikibooks ebooks.
I don't use amazon and will never use it because they won't accept paypal.
I guess I just wasted $100. on a wifi enabled paper weight.
It's the first ebook reader I ever bought now it's too late to take it back because I opened the seal, so is there nothing I can do? I should have researched it better.
I just assumed it was a general product and not a tied to a specific online store (that I don't use) single use type product, I guess it's my mistake though but I'm extremely disappointed.
I can't see that it says on the box, "warning requires wifi and amazon account to use" so maybe I can take it back to the shop but I hate going back to a shop to argue about a return.
Why is there all this account garbage with every product these days, even pc operating systems.
Is it so if anyone reads an ebook that is not licensed properly it contacts amazon automatically via wifi, is that the reason for forced accounts and forced wifi connections just to read a book?
All I wanted to do was download some books from wikibooks and project gutenberg in pdf and copy them to a usb stick and read them.
I bought it because it was the only ereader at a local shop but I didn't realise I couldn't use it without wifi or an Amazon account.
Is there a way to use it without one by reflashing it?
I just want to read out of copyright public domain and free wikibooks ebooks.
I don't use amazon and will never use it because they won't accept paypal.
I guess I just wasted $100. on a wifi enabled paper weight.
It's the first ebook reader I ever bought now it's too late to take it back because I opened the seal, so is there nothing I can do? I should have researched it better.
I just assumed it was a general product and not a tied to a specific online store (that I don't use) single use type product, I guess it's my mistake though but I'm extremely disappointed.
I can't see that it says on the box, "warning requires wifi and amazon account to use" so maybe I can take it back to the shop but I hate going back to a shop to argue about a return.
Why is there all this account garbage with every product these days, even pc operating systems.
Is it so if anyone reads an ebook that is not licensed properly it contacts amazon automatically via wifi, is that the reason for forced accounts and forced wifi connections just to read a book?
All I wanted to do was download some books from wikibooks and project gutenberg in pdf and copy them to a usb stick and read them.
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