Amazon is ending support for Kindles released in 2012 and earlier—including the company's first-ever e-reader.

This article was originally published in early 2025 in response to news that Amazon was restricting the ability to download Kindle files to your computer. Now, we're learning about an even more challenging restriction: As of May 20,

Amazon will no longer support many older Kindles starting in May, as customers begin to rally against planned obsolescence.