Comment on What Amazon Kindle? Here's an Open Source eBook Reader

jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• stardreamer@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Having a good, dedicated e-reader is a hill that I would die on. I want a big screen, with physical buttons, lightweight, multi-weeklong battery, and an e-ink display. Reading 8 hours on my phone makes my eyes go twitchy. And TBH it’s been a pain finding something that supports all that and has a reasonably open ecosystem.

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  • jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t buy the need for e-ink. I’m on normal LCDs for… way more hours than I’d care to admit. No strain.

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    • DJDarren@thelemmy.club ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Have you used an e-ink reader? The difference is remarkable. My Kobo battery died this morning, so I finished the book I was reading on my iPad, which was fine, but much less pleasant.

      Besides, it’s not just about the screen. The lack of distractions in a device that serves only one purpose is just as important to me.

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      • jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’ve looked at e-ink readers multiple times since they first came out and they are all garbage. Low resolution, trash images, garbage refresh rates, slow page turns, awful white levels.

        I literally see no reason to ever use one over a nice phone or tablet display which, by the way, can be used for other content options besides text.

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    • teichflamme@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Disagree completely. I’m on LCD for hours as well, but reading on E-Ink is so much more convenient

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    • min_fapper@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Congrats. You won the genetic lottery and was awarded some top tier eyes.

      A lot of people were not.

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      • stackPeek@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        OOT but after 12 years being the only person without glasses, I’m getting my glasses this week :(

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    • bnjmn@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Feels like maybe you’re not the target audience for this article

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      • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        They’re complaining about refresh rates and images, so I’m thinking they aren’t.

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