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All Kindles can now be jailbroken

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Post by goosedragons »

zuppy wrote: post #148
londons_explore wrote: post #139

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google search "book_name epub"

... but this does not replicate the kindle one-stop store experience. and looking on the kobo store doesn't help either, i wanted the experience for someone who actually migrated from kindle. i may find the books i'm looking for now, but what are the struggles for people who actually used it? do they come later than kindle, are they using multiple shops, etc. edit; yes, i know about the pirating options. i'm not talk…

Kobo in my experience has all the books from big publishers, the publishers that publish paper books too. What they do not have is the stuff from Kindle Direct Publishing. This is stuff people have self-published on Kindle, I think Amazon requires exclusivity when you do that too?

In my opinion this is actually more of a blessing than a curse since I consider 99% of that garbage I don't want to sift through.

Sometimes multiple store headaches are still a necessity depending on region. Even on Amazon.

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Post by [deleted] »

fvrther wrote: post #39

Kobo are giving you root access with telnet from the start. You can flash modded firmwares, change the backend servers to phone your own calibre-web instance, install ssh, koreader and even a tailscale vpn on it. They even have UART pins labelled on their board. These are amazing devices to play with. And they read pretty much everything you throw on their storage: epub, cbz, cbr, pdf..

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Re: All Kindles can now be jailbroken

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Post by Epa095 »

fvrther wrote: post #39

Kobo are giving you root access with telnet from the start. You can flash modded firmwares, change the backend servers to phone your own calibre-web instance, install ssh, koreader and even a tailscale vpn on it. They even have UART pins labelled on their board. These are amazing devices to play with. And they read pretty much everything you throw on their storage: epub, cbz, cbr, pdf..

There are also the onyx boox models, many run android, and it seems like you can install whatever you want. I have no experience with them myself, but I am curios.

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Post by einpoklum »

nolok wrote: post #156
londons_explore wrote: post #139

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google search "book_name epub"

This is rather terrible for supporting authors though. I read a lot of scifi from small authors who self publish on kindle direct publishing, and I would rather they get my money for their work. And yes I can pay then find the epub (and not all are available, due to small author), but the experience is then much worse.

> rather terrible for supporting authors ... scifi from small authors who self > publish on kindle ... I would rather they get my money for their work.

I would suggest you write them (each of them) a letter, or email, which:

1. Discourage them from publishing on an Amazon platform, explaining how Amazon, and DRM-laden reading, is terrible.

2. Suggest that they publish with a link allowing readers to pay them directly, or at least via a payment platform (see here for example: https://www.mightynetworks.com/resources/patreon-alternative... )

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Post by b112 »

zuppy wrote: post #119
pathartl wrote: post #49

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I moved to Kobo because I bought my partner the Kindle Oasis and just after a year the battery couldn't hold a charge. I contacted Amazon and they would only give me 10% off a new device. I only found one person on the internet who was courageous enough to open one up. The screen was epoxied to the body with no way of opening the device without destroying the screen. So I got her a Kobo Libra H2O. Just as waterproof,…

my biggest fear from moving out of kindle is losing access to the store. they did a good job securing most of the authors and books. what’s your source for books and how often it happens for the books you’re looking for to be unavailable?

This is why I buy an android e-ink tablet.

My needs are unique, all of our needs are unique I suppose, but I want epub but also want to use the Kindle app (in cases of them being the only place to get a book).

I worry about firmware updates(security), but also my needs do not require the tablet being online constantly. So in a case like this, not a phone, not online, I only bring the wifi up to download books from Amazon via their Android app.

Otherwise, I copy epubs over via USB.

This is the middle ground.

I've been quite happy with the Meebook E-Reader M7.

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Post by ggm »

andyjohnson0 wrote: post #200
ggm wrote: post #19

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As is gaol

Brit here. Nobody here says "gaol" in normal speech or writing. Usually "prison", sometimes "jail".

How do you know if they SAY jail or gaol given they're pronounced the same, being alternate spellings of the same word?

Nobody writes/uses I can concur. The pedantry here, is somewhat apposite surely?

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Post by ekianjo »

nolok wrote: post #156
londons_explore wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

google search "book_name epub"

This is rather terrible for supporting authors though. I read a lot of scifi from small authors who self publish on kindle direct publishing, and I would rather they get my money for their work. And yes I can pay then find the epub (and not all are available, due to small author), but the experience is then much worse.

> This is rather terrible for supporting authors though.

Supporting a terrible platform to become the main place to get books is way, way worse.

Re: All Kindles can now be jailbroken

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Post by nolok »

einpoklum wrote: post #214
nolok wrote: post #156

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is rather terrible for supporting authors though. I read a lot of scifi from small authors who self publish on kindle direct publishing, and I would rather they get my money for their work. And yes I can pay then find the epub (and not all are available, due to small author), but the experience is then much worse.

> rather terrible for supporting authors ... scifi from small authors who self > publish on kindle ... I would rather they get my money for their work. I would suggest you write them (each of them) a letter, or email, which: 1. Discourage them from publishing on an Amazon platform, explaining how Amazon, and DRM-laden reading, is terrible. 2. Suggest that they publish with a link allowing readers to pay them directly…

While this is right in theory, in practice I don't think you realize why those authors are there : discovery and ease of management. Your offer makes them lose both, for what gain from their POV ?

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Post by kelnos »

DANmode wrote: post #206
extraduder_ire wrote: post #197

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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43070155 - Kindle is removing download and transfer option on Feb 26th (2025-02-16)

See title of OP ;)

This thread is about Kindle alternatives. If you don't have a Kindle at all, there's nothing to jailbreak.
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