Comment on Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books

underfreyja@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• sunbytes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  A whole new generation of the Kobo readers just came out too!

  I’ve got one of the previous Gen and I was so happy to find they have models with the clicky buttons to turn the page.

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  • underfreyja@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yeah I got the libra colour and it’s really great for the buttons. Didn’t really care about the colour part but the regular one was out of stock when I got it so I just went with it and I’m finding I enjoy it a lot. Especially when I read picture books for mt kid’s bedtime

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• fatalicus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Why “especially if you’re not i the US”?

  I’m not in the US, and switched to kobo a couple of years ago, but i’ve had to keep buying books from amazon, sine the kobo store is just realy bad (missing a lot of books, even popular once), and there are few others who offer ebooks here.

  The quality of the devices seem not the greatest either.

  Bought a kobo libra first and it lasted just long enough for the warranty to expire before it just fully died. Replaced it with a kobo libra colour, and had to replace it three times before I got one that didn’t have pin holes on the screen where light shone through.

  Meanwhile my 9 year old kindle oasis works just fine, it has just gotten slow and the battery is worse, which is why I replaced it with kobo.

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  • underfreyja@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Because supporting the US economy from outside of it right now is ludicrous and Amazon is a union busting mega corporation that destroy local economies…

    Now, I’m not a Kobo corporate shill, I don’t care which device you get, I did say there are other ereaders you can get, pick whatever you want. You don’t care about thr trade wars, you can get a Nook or Remarkable. You care but don’t like Kobo? You can buy an Onyx or another Chinese brand. You can use your phone, an old tablet whatever you want.

    Personally, I’ve never not found a book on kobo but if it happened and it wasn’t at my library, I’d find alternative to buying on amazon, I’d get it physical or find other ways to get it.

    You want to continue using amazon products and contribute to the success of Bezos and his billionaire friends, that’s your prerogative but a lot of us are not ready to do that for the sole sake of minor convenience.

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• wide_eyed_stupid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Yup, I’ve had my Kobo for quite a while now and I still love it. The push buttons are great, as pointed out by another poster, but also… I’ve just never had any issues with it. None whatsoever. I’m hoping this one will just never brick.

  About a month after I got mine, I bought the exact same one for my husband and he says his is still working like a charm as well! Now to be fair, I had never owned any other e-readers so I can’t really compare it to anything, but quality-wise I’d say they’re really good.

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