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Re: reMarkable Connect subscription plans

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Post by legostormtroopr » Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 2:21 AM UTC

kayodelycaon wrote: post #25

AstroDogCatcher wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can do your own sync in a hacky manner - but if I were going down that route, I'd just choose one of the more open (and cheaper) alternative devices.

I'm in the market for alternatives. What equivalent devices are both cheaper and more open? I haven't found any. :(

I got a Supernote and its a bit cheaper and has really great features. Remarkable shies away from anything but writing, so sync is limited - while the supernote has great calendar sync thats come in handle for note taking.

Re: reMarkable Connect subscription plans

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Post by marifjeren » Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 2:22 AM UTC

Just from a marketing perspective, I think it would have been wise if they'd held off their Google Drive integration announcement and made it part of their premium tier.

Re: reMarkable Connect subscription plans

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Post by 1123581321 » Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 4:24 AM UTC

JKCalhoun wrote: post #15

threefour wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a saying that for every trend there's an anti-trend. I do wonder when we'll reach a critical mass of subscription services such that a preference against subscriptions in general becomes a trend.

Already passed that point for me. Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Cable TV, Spotify? Nope. I pay for larger iCloud storage and I have a library card.

The library card is more about making use of an existing subscription since they cost $100-200/year per family in taxes or increased rental costs. :)

(I’m a big fan of the library.)

Re: reMarkable Connect subscription plans

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Post by enduser » Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 4:25 AM UTC

slightwinder wrote: post #45

kayodelycaon wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The hardware for the gen 2 is pretty good in my opinion. The only "exotic software" is the notetaking app, the rest of the system is linux. The device is running ssh and the root password is in the licenses file. That's a lot more than you get from most devices of this type.

> The hardware for the gen 2 is pretty good in my opinion. My 5 year old android-tablet has more ram and cpu than the gen2 remarkable. So I assume they outsourced parts to the cloud simply because it's not running well enough on the tablet itself. > the rest of the system is linux Linux, especially on tablets is very exotic. There is no way to benefit from the big ecosystem on android or iOS. Everything must come fro…

Your Android tablet probably does not last for two weeks of daily use on a single charge. The reMarkable 2 is power-sipping, especially with wireless disabled, without compromising note-taking or PDF-reading experiences.

Re: reMarkable Connect subscription plans

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Post by panda88888 » Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 5:08 AM UTC

marifjeren wrote: post #90

monkmartinez wrote: post #9

Totally lame. I have tried so many note taking services and apps that my head spins when I think about it. Notion, Notability, OneNote, Evernote, Apple Notes, Google Keep, Squid, and more... At this point, I am 100% OneNote and a physical paper notebook. I use OneNote on every single device I own including a Raspberry Pi. I use the handwriting features of OneNote with an iPad pro to sketch ideas while researching. I…

Why did you write that as EVERY.DEVICE.I.OWN? Does that refer to something besides its literal meaning?

It’s the GP’s domain.

Just kidding… probably literal meaning.

Re: reMarkable Connect subscription plans

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Post by abhinav22 » Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 5:11 AM UTC

threefour wrote: post #4

AstroDogCatcher wrote: post #2

This has soured me on reMarkable, and probably means that I won't buy the gen3 device when they get to it - despite me having been a big advocate for them until now. Not everything needs to be a subscription. I don't care about your cloud storage (in fact, I would prefer to just use my own), and the other "features" should be table stakes for something which costs so much to buy in the first place.

There's a saying that for every trend there's an anti-trend. I do wonder when we'll reach a critical mass of subscription services such that a preference against subscriptions in general becomes a trend.

It’s hard because subscription services hit a sweet spot in human psychology - cheap on a monthly basis so many are happy (can you go back to paying 400$ for software unless it’s something you are 100% guaranteed to want and use for a long time), and expensive in the long run so businesses are happy (also recurring stable revenues)

It’s unfortunate, but I don’t see a reversal any time soon. If I was a developer I would also want to do subscription based services, would you (put yourself in the shoes of someone running a software company)?

It’s criminal how many times I have paid for Microsoft Office though.

Re: reMarkable Connect subscription plans

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Post by panda88888 » Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 5:14 AM UTC

Tsiklon wrote: post #18

The user group on Facebook did not take the news of this new subscription well at all. Personally I’m on the fence about it, I got my remarkable 2 last year and I’ve been very pleased with all the updates and features they’ve added to it, I’m also pleased that existing purchasers and users are grandfathered in to the new plan. What I’m less enthusiastic about is for the potential of new features being exclusive to a…

Completely agree with you. I preordered both gen 1 and gen 2, and after receiving the gen 2 I passed my gen 1 around among friends interested in remarkable to help them decide if the device fits their usage pattern.

IMO remarkable already have extremely stiff competition from the iPads, and the only advantage is it’s eink display. The iPad is pretty much better in every other dimension except for the eink display, but then it’s different rather than worse, since it allows for much more applications (graphics, movies, etc). I truly wish the best for remarkable and for them to start the flood of more high quality eink reader/writer devices.

Re: reMarkable Connect subscription plans

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Post by seanhunter » Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 5:20 AM UTC

It's a real shame. I was seriously considering buying one of these when the next model came out but this is a hard "no" from me, and I don't think they could possibly regain trust after attempting this.

Re: reMarkable Connect subscription plans

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Post by hoppla » Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 5:53 AM UTC

jmacd wrote: post #8

I have a ReMarkable 1 and II (which I bought for my partner as a gift). They are nice e-readers that are well built. They really do fail on their key promise as a paper replacement however. The one saving grace of having spent so much money on the device is the "Send to ReMarkable" extension in my browser. I received the email a few days ago telling my that those cloud based services, which were advertised as part of…

I have not figured out how to jump directly to chapters yet, and not sure if it’s possible. I uploaded a 900 page ebook, and gave up trying to browse to the page where I left off.

Re: reMarkable Connect subscription plans

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Post by rcarmo » Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 6:55 AM UTC

I was considering buying one as a gift, but there is no way I am going to saddle a family member with the cost of a subscription for what should be core functionality of a device.