We spent a lot of timing going back and forth on picking up a few ReMarkables, ended up going with supernote (https://supernote.com/) as it seems more open / less locked down at the time. No regrets so far after a few years of ownership.
ReMarkable firing up to 40% of their workforce
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Re: ReMarkable firing up to 40% of their workforce
#12What an absolute failure of their management. I've been using and developing for reMarkable since 2018 and the writing was on the wall back in 2021 when they moved their focus from making a useful, durable product (the RM1) to flashy marketing and poorly designed hardware. The company I originally liked died when their original CTO, Martin Sandsmark, left. They had so many opportunities for growth. They could have wr…
What's RCU? I'm a ReMarkable user and didn't know about rmfakecloud or reManager, thanks for those tips
Re: ReMarkable firing up to 40% of their workforce
#13Not surprised, the reMarkable Paper Pro has been the worst purchase I have made in the last three years. Support has been seriously unhelpful, and the tablet has only failed in greater ways once it was past the warranty period.
As an aside, the community is one of the worst I’ve encountered as well.
In contrast, the supernote manta has been a far better device, with much better support from the developers. The community is also more open to hearing criticism as well rather than attempting to silence those who voice regret in paying for a poor product.
Re: ReMarkable firing up to 40% of their workforce
#14What a shame, I use a remarkable pro at work for all of my note taking and to help organise my days/weeks. I’m really fond of it, because of its minimal functionality. I think spatially and it’s just the right feature set to organise my thoughts.
Re: ReMarkable firing up to 40% of their workforce
#15What an absolute failure of their management. I've been using and developing for reMarkable since 2018 and the writing was on the wall back in 2021 when they moved their focus from making a useful, durable product (the RM1) to flashy marketing and poorly designed hardware. The company I originally liked died when their original CTO, Martin Sandsmark, left. They had so many opportunities for growth. They could have wr…
> 50% of consumer spending is by 10% of the population
This is startling.
Re: ReMarkable firing up to 40% of their workforce
#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
I really like their pdf viewer. It can be slow on complex documents, but I find it much easer to navigate around compared to the one on Supernote and Boox devices. Their ebook reader though.. that really does suck. It’s had basically zero improvements in as long as I can remember, despite B obviously being a core feature for many people.
Doesn't that describe all eBook readers? I've owned a few Kindle and Kobo devices and meaningful improvements are never shipped to them. No actual performance improvements, no new useful features, nothing.
Supernote and Onyx Boox both do meaningful upgrades with useful new features on their devices.
Re: ReMarkable firing up to 40% of their workforce
#17What an absolute failure of their management. I've been using and developing for reMarkable since 2018 and the writing was on the wall back in 2021 when they moved their focus from making a useful, durable product (the RM1) to flashy marketing and poorly designed hardware. The company I originally liked died when their original CTO, Martin Sandsmark, left. They had so many opportunities for growth. They could have wr…
What's RCU? I'm a ReMarkable user and didn't know about rmfakecloud or reManager, thanks for those tips
reMarkable Connection Utility (RCU) is a desktop client for managing the device offline, licensed AGPLv3 but sold for $12. Be aware, it is my software.
Re: ReMarkable firing up to 40% of their workforce
#18Too expensive, and that money not spent on its software.
Re: ReMarkable firing up to 40% of their workforce
#19What an absolute failure of their management. I've been using and developing for reMarkable since 2018 and the writing was on the wall back in 2021 when they moved their focus from making a useful, durable product (the RM1) to flashy marketing and poorly designed hardware. The company I originally liked died when their original CTO, Martin Sandsmark, left. They had so many opportunities for growth. They could have wr…
I think gadget manufacturers forcing their users to use overpriced cloud storage (for stuff people can easily store locally) is like printer manufacturers forcing overpriced ink on us.
The manufacturers initially make so much from this enshittification of their product that they become dependent on the income from it, and their products are doomed to be shit forever.