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Ron Obvious

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29. Which is why I don't have a Kindle

Reply to nature-lover (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 8, 2021, 12:59 PM

Dec 2021

My ebook reader is not connected to the web, and the books are (open) ebook-formatted files on the hard drive that I don't need permission for to read nor can they be taken away.

I'd never own a device where I need to ask for permission to read a book or play an audio track.

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Amazon Web Services are down, taking huge parts of internet offline [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2021 OP

Thanks for posting this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RKP5637 Dec 2021 #1

Kindle is down. Pages won't advance and new books won't load. nature-lover Dec 2021 #2

Hmmm... was this occurring last night also?? northoftheborder Dec 2021 #15

Didn't have trouble last night. I've had a book jump and go back to the beginning though. nature-lover Dec 2021 #17

Which is why I don't have a Kindle Ron Obvious Dec 2021 #29

I'm going to put my tin foil cap on here revmclaren Dec 2021 #3

That was my first thought IronLionZion Dec 2021 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2021 #23

TY! Lemon Lyman Dec 2021 #4

I missed my nap with Amazon Music exboyfil Dec 2021 #5

:-) Lemon Lyman Dec 2021 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Dec 2021 #7

I was trying to download two different books on Audible forthemiddle Dec 2021 #8

I wonder if this is a cyber attack IronLionZion Dec 2021 #9

If were, I'm guessing we won't know about until years down the line when it's mentioned in someone's Sapient Donkey Dec 2021 #18

Somebody breached a lot of US government systems last year IronLionZion Dec 2021 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2021 #24

Oh yeah, I forgot about the pipeline earlier this year Sapient Donkey Dec 2021 #28

Must be why my Alexa devices aren't working. Nt. Gaugamela Dec 2021 #11

Yeah my school got hit and it's very infuriating! Initech Dec 2021 #12

I had trouble with Instacart today Marthe48 Dec 2021 #13

Odd that Consumer Reports is giving me a 503 error, possibly connected to this? JudyM Dec 2021 #14

Very well could be. I had some issues access a podcast earlier Sapient Donkey Dec 2021 #19

I can't access my ring cameras Lefta Dissenter Dec 2021 #16

Ring does use AWS for stuff. Sapient Donkey Dec 2021 #20

I've been yelling at Alexa all day Shrek Dec 2021 #21

My Ring security system was down all day yesterday. OverBurn Dec 2021 #25

Interesting. Google Chrome did not work for me yesterday. Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2021 #26

It hit my daughter's pediatrician's system. cab67 Dec 2021 #27