And it's also the result of policy changes that Amazon is making in a few days: https://www.theverge.com/news/612898/amazon-removing-kindle-book-download-trans

And it's also the result of policy changes that Amazon is making in a few days: https://www.theverge.com/news/612898/amazon-removing-kindle-book-download-transfer-usb https://www.theverge.com/news/612898/amazon-removing-kindle-... From the article you linked: >The new law won’t apply to stores that offer “permanent offline” downloads Amazon is actively choosing to do this to maintain an even tighter grip on their ecosystem