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At least ten years ago https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/29/technology/personaltech/r...
I'm an avid kindle user, I've never seen ads on my device. I'm in the UK
Remarkable 2 and rmfakecloud does the trick for me. Private, stable, no ads, and I can load books over Wi-Fi.
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Finally! But what I'd really like is the last page read is the screen saver.
- My kobo 'refreshes' the screen at the start of every chapter. - I typically stop reading at the end of chapters - The so-called screen saver creates dark and light points wherever there are dark and light points on the book's cover - The screen needs to be refreshed to return these points to homogeneity Outcome: most of the times the screen is refreshed, I get no use of it. Most of the time I spend reading, the scr…
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Get a Kobo, which model depends on your needs. A Kindle is never yours since Amazon can push arbitrary updates wipe your stuff. Don't buy Boox either, as they include a lot of bloatware, not to mention they're blatantly disregarding GPL. Kobos are mostly just arm linux machines. You can install KOReader on them for a better reading experience.
FWIW I've been running a jailbroken PW5 for a few years now always connected to the internet without any issues dealing with updates. I did rename the ota binary. I'm aware that there's always the possibility of Amazon maybe having some other way to push an update, but I haven't had any issues so far.
Some of the biggest pros and cons of Kindles vs Books: Pros - Lightweight, I can even fit it into a holder on the side of a chair or bed so I don't have to hold it. - I don't have to physically manipulate the 1000 page book to try and get to certain pages. - No dust. Cons - I can't tell you the authors or names of most of the books I've read on it. When you have a physical book you're confronted by the book and autho…
It broke because I had it in my back pocket and I sat on it. Bought a new one immediately.
I've yet to have any measurable battery degradation on either and I read 1-3 books a month. (Including 1000+ page monsters by Brandon Sanderson).
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What you wrote is completely untrue. I have myriad of books on my Kindle which are not on Amazon, and they are not deleted. Neither does anything weird happen to them.
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Use EPUB file format and your books will work on all devices, including Kindle.
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If Amazon remotely nukes my device, I've still had it for many years working perfectly. So I'm not going to loose sleep.
We have a pretty fundamental disagreement then on what we want from content we've purchased. If I'm buying it then I expect to have it forever. It really blows my mind to think that somebody wouldn't even be upset if some big corp suddenly stole all the content they've purchased over the years.
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Onyx Boox Tab X is a good option. The new Remarkable Pro with colour is probably a good option as well.
I wouldn't buy anything from Boox. Notorious GPL violators.
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Since the kindles with 3G have disappeared, the need for airplane mode for actual airplane use is a lot less though. Where I am most airlines permit WiFi use and even offer it themselves in flight. Only mobile network connections still have to be switched off.
Airplane mode is mostly a power-saving feature, because WiFi drains the battery pretty hard. As others said, leaving wifi on will kill your kindle in a week or so, whereas it can go on for months without it.
No more plugging it to my laptop, connect to the site from both, type the code and the epub is sent and even converted to kepub. Works like magic