Retirement of Amazon MOBI eBook file format

Post by fingerlocks » Thu, Aug 11, 2022, 8:58 AM UTC

peoplefromibiza wrote: post #151

paranoidrobot wrote: post #40

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It's trading customisation/flexibility for ease of use, at a (potentially) higher cost. The older kindles with 2G/3G "Whispersync" functionality had another major drawcard of working just about anywhere, even if you didn't have wifi coverage or a phone with data services. I have in the past used this to load several more books while in an airport in a foreign country between flights. Many people if you hand them a Ki…

> functionality had another major drawcard of working just about anywhere, even if you didn't have wifi coverage or a phone with data services I have around 50 books and a dozen of comic books on my e-reader. It works perfectly without any connection whatsoever. I'm not sure that being able to download a book while sitting on top of Mountain Everest it's a such an important feature, but YMMV.

Post by PaulRobinson » Thu, Aug 11, 2022, 8:59 AM UTC

qwerty456127 wrote: post #135

maratc wrote: post #132

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The Kindle is inexpensive, has great support, has a huge library (open to non-US people with non-US credit cards), and you could just email a MOBI to it (which is great if the Kindle owner is your parent). It's only disadvantage was that it did not support ePub and so one had to go through Calibre. Now that Kindle is supporting ePUB and no Calibre-tion is needed, I don't even see what the Kobo value prop is.

AFAIK Kindle shows you ads and can occasionally delete a book from your library. Isn't it so?

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Aug 11, 2022, 9:02 AM UTC

deelly wrote: post #148

gambiting wrote: post #144

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If you buy a kindle that is specifically advertised as having ads(and therefore being sold for less money), then yes, you will get ads. If you don't want them, buy the ad free version. And the deletion from your library happened...once? Over millions of titles available?

Honestly, one time is enough.

Post by Maken » Thu, Aug 11, 2022, 9:03 AM UTC

gambiting wrote: post #154

deelly wrote: post #148

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Honestly, one time is enough.

Really? I guess you don't use Steam either then?

Post by fastball » Thu, Aug 11, 2022, 9:04 AM UTC

qwerty456127 wrote: post #139

fastball wrote: post #68

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What in the world do you need 5GHz wifi for on an e-reader?

I usually disable 2.4 Ghz WiFi on the routers I set up because 2.4 Ghz WiFi is just a needless radio spectrum pollution nowadays (unless you need to connect retro devices). I initially decided to phase it out in hope of improving BlueTooth (wireless earphones) stability.