Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Going to try this again, since Amazon refused to post my first review. There are two major problems with this Kindle. First, the swipe function that allows you to turn pages--basically the single most important function of the device--works when it feels like it, and it feels like it about 80% of the time. It's incredibly annoying. Overall it feels like a much cheaper, less responsive, low quality version of the Paperwhite I bought this to replace. Secondly, there are annoying banner ads when you open it, and every time you access the library. Want to get rid of them? Pay Amazon more money. I admit this is in part my fault for not more carefully reading the product description, but it's just a really annoying practice. I expect that kind of thing on a free to play mobile game or app, not from a company like Amazon on one of its flagship products. If my old Kindle were functional at all, I would return this thing. Sadly, it's not. If you have an older version that still works, keep using it until it literally explodes rather than buying one of these.