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Re: Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data

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Post by enchiridion » Thu, Aug 27, 2020, 7:57 PM UTC

jjcon wrote: post #252

enchiridion wrote: post #160

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Yep, pretty consistent for e-ink. Still, I think it has the best value proposition for an e-ink tablet at the moment, but I'd love to be proven wrong.

Probably true - I’ll snatch it up the moment color e-ink is a thing, color is vital for most of the papers I work with and for books I prefer a smaller form factor so from my perspective it sits in kinda an odd part of the market.

Color e-ink is close, which is really impressive imo. I did not expect to see it for years.

Who knows how long it will take to get good enough yields for affordable consumer products.

https://www.eink.com/color-technology.html

Re: Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data

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Post by MattPalmer1086 » Thu, Aug 27, 2020, 8:49 PM UTC

wombatmobile wrote: post #67

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I just switched from my Kindle Paperwhite to the Kobo Libra H2O and I really like it. It's easier to hold with dedicated page turn buttons, good lighting, and fast screen response time. Also water resistant and good battery life. So far I've been able to get all the books I've wanted, mostly from the Kobo store, but it can work with any open format.

What drove you to abandon your Kindle Paperwhite, MattPalmer1086?

The battery stopped holding its charge, so I looked around. I particularly wanted open formats, and I've been getting away from Amazon in general.

Re: Kindle collects a surprisingly large amount of data

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Post by neiman » Thu, Aug 27, 2020, 10:46 PM UTC

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Syncing and analytics are not identical, sorry.

You're the only one fabricating accusations about "analysing" in a discussion about how Kindles send data with whispersync, a system widely known to be used to sync data across devices. More importantly, the only usecase mentioned in the discussion that resembles anything like analysis is synching page reads across devices, and tracking reading progress to compensate authors who make their books available through sub…

Please read the message beginning this thread.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24271258

It's written there:

> "most of what's mentioned in this article are metrics used to understand how the features are used (bookmarks, highlights, dictionnary, etc.), how much they are used, and in which country."

Besides, I don't appreciate phrases like "fabricating accusations" or "you're talking nonsense about stuff you have no grasp over". I'm may be wrong, it happens often, but even if I am this aggressive tone is not in place. You can point out my mistakes politely if they exist, same way as I do with yours.