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Kindle Is Making It Harder to Switch to Rival eReader Brands. (www.howtogeek.com)
submitted 5 days ago by Cat@ponder.cat to c/technology@lemmy.world
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On February 26th, Kindle customers will lose the ability to download eBook purchases directly to their PC. If you want to switch to a rival eReader brand in the future, I suggest that you use the soon-to-be discontinued "Download and Transfer via USB" feature to archive your Kindle library.

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[–] matterofact@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Thing is, the pinenote is €610, and the kindle paperwhite is £160, cheaper on discount.

I get your point and there’s a reason why the kindle is as cheap as it is, but I can understand why someone would see those prices and go for the kindle.

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 15 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Or go for the Kobo, which is similarly priced as the Kindle. The Kobo Clara Colour is £150

[–] jzzvid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I love how hackable Kobos are. I put KOReader on mine and it's honestly just the best experience I could ask for.

[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

That and the upgradeable storage... as soon as I can figure out how to solve my partition issues.

[–] nasduia@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Absolutely the reason I bought mine too. While we are probably a small niche, looking for this functionality was how I found Kobo in the first place.

[–] Deway@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I've had three ereaders, all three were kobo.Yet I wouldn't recommend them anymore. There's a mandatory online activation now. There are ways to bypass it but it's not great.

Many models are unstable with KoReader so it's not even an alternative anymore.

The day I replace my eReader is going to be a hard day.

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 1 points 4 days ago

I've bought myself a Boox Go Color 7. I love that one, even though it's twice as expensive as a Kobo or Kindle.

[–] utopiah@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

there’s a reason why the kindle is as cheap as it is,

Indeed, cf https://lemmy.world/comment/15163037 unfortunately too cheap usually comes at a non financial cost.