I was expecting better after years of Kindles being decontented into flimsier, lower-end devices, but I think itâ€™s clear that Amazon just isnâ€™t willing or able to make a premium, high-quality e-reader.

Apart from the screen itself, every single generation of new Kindles was worse than the previous one. This is why I'm still using a Kindle Keyboard, which is itself a step down from previous generations, because it lacks the inward-tilting page buttons.

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