Vibecoded, from what I see in the git log.
Kobo can run apps now
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#12As a Kindle owner; I'm very jealous.
I'm not. I want my Kindle to do ONE job well, not turn into another multi-purpose device.
Your Kindle is an appliance you have little control over, the Kobo in this scope is a multitool. More choice is better than less choice as it relates to device ownership and control, imho.
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#13As a Kindle owner; I'm very jealous.
You can do a lot of the same things with a jailbroken Kindle and KindleForge.
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not. I want my Kindle to do ONE job well, not turn into another multi-purpose device.
the one job that it does well is show you ads lmao (in case you haven't jailbreaked your Kindle yet)
Not to defend amazon but you can remove the ads by paying to remove them, they sell one model ad supported and another that doesn't have ads if you buy the ads supported you can remove it later.
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not. I want my Kindle to do ONE job well, not turn into another multi-purpose device.
I too would like my Kindle to do one single thing well. Sadly, we seem to be waiting for that future to arrive.
Yeah, I was going to say. I only installed KOReader because my Kindle Touch has lackluster ereader functionality.
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#16Vibecoded, from what I see in the git log.
I think so too. I wish all projects had a tag with amount of AI usage.
It's not that vibe coding is bad on its own, but it makes me worried about project's future (ease come, easy go).
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not. I want my Kindle to do ONE job well, not turn into another multi-purpose device.
I too would like my Kindle to do one single thing well. Sadly, we seem to be waiting for that future to arrive.
I remember when my PaperWhite glitched while I was attempting to jailbreak it and got stuck with the screen inverted. It was great! I can't believe I have to jailbreak a reader to get that simple functionality for better in-the-dark reading. (epilogue: I let it run out of battery and the inversion was gone upon boot)
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#18This is incredible and super useful. More reasons to use my e-reader around the house instead of my phone.
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#19Vibecoded, from what I see in the git log.
Even the homepage copy is LLM output. Not necessarily a bad thing, but something to point out.
> Charge a Kobo Clara BW (N365) and connect it over USB. Other models are refused, not guessed at.
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#20Vibecoded, from what I see in the git log.
Yes. Also from looking for device compatibility:
> Tested on one device: the Kobo Clara BW (N365, device code 391), firmware 4.45.23697. Every device write is gated on an exact match of framebuffer identity, geometry, device code, serial model prefix, firmware version and kernel release, so a different reader is refused rather than guessed at.
I can't stop reading "gated" on LLM output lately.
Anyways, I wish this worked on my Libra :<