I have the same model and I just replaced the battery. There are videos on YouTube to get it open. It’s very achievable for someone without a lot of experience repairing their own electronics.

There is also a jailbreak for this model’s latest firmware which allows you to read your books with Koreader if you don’t want to wait to upgrade to a FOSS friendlier device.

Enforcement is social control and protection of property.

“Common data shared included IP addresses, browser info, pages visited, referring site.”

Is this not common practice for any website?