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The Audible integration with the Kindle app is just so good. The only downside is I have to make sure I pick my audiobooks carefully. Ideally it's things that

The Audible integration with the Kindle app is just so good. The only downside is I have to make sure I pick my audiobooks carefully. Ideally it's things that I want to listen to in the car on long drives, but wouldn't read day-to-day, and so end up wasting the extra $10-15 narration.

provost 9y ago
I bought a couple 27-40 hour audiobooks, so I just put my audible subscription on hold while I caught up. Switching between kindle & audio can definitely speed things up
dvh 9y ago
But completely broken elsewhere. When you buy a book you cannot just play it on your mp3 player so what's the point.
- mathgeek 9y ago
  Out of curiosity, what mp3 player are you using and what's your use case? I feel like I haven't seen anyone using a dedicated mp3 player in a long time.
  - space_fountain 9y ago
    I feel like part of the reason though is that all the players are attempting maximum lock in. Even if the files didn't have DRM they often don't use anything like a standard for encoding metadata.
  - thallian 9y ago
    Not OP but these are my reasons if you're interested. I've been using Rockbox for more than 10 years and know the interface by heart (there was one occasion where the screen broke on a player but I could still use it perfectly fine, by counting the button presses) so one part is just simple habit. There is no personal information on the device, so there is no need to lock it and for me to try and unlock it in a hurry and if I lose it it's only annoying. I really like the physical buttons, I don't have to look at the thing to do stuff (yes, there are other solutions to this). Battery life is usually excellent. At the moment I'm using a SanDisk Sansa Clip Zip. Once that thing breaks I'll probably just use my streaming server (via airsonic) on my phone and yell at the touchscreen because I have no idea what dedicated player is still usable with rockbox (apart from the refurbished old ones).

provost 9y ago

I bought a couple 27-40 hour audiobooks, so I just put my audible subscription on hold while I caught up. Switching between kindle & audio can definitely speed things up

dvh 9y ago

But completely broken elsewhere. When you buy a book you cannot just play it on your mp3 player so what's the point.

mathgeek 9y ago
Out of curiosity, what mp3 player are you using and what's your use case? I feel like I haven't seen anyone using a dedicated mp3 player in a long time.
- space_fountain 9y ago
  I feel like part of the reason though is that all the players are attempting maximum lock in. Even if the files didn't have DRM they often don't use anything like a standard for encoding metadata.
- thallian 9y ago
  Not OP but these are my reasons if you're interested. I've been using Rockbox for more than 10 years and know the interface by heart (there was one occasion where the screen broke on a player but I could still use it perfectly fine, by counting the button presses) so one part is just simple habit. There is no personal information on the device, so there is no need to lock it and for me to try and unlock it in a hurry and if I lose it it's only annoying. I really like the physical buttons, I don't have to look at the thing to do stuff (yes, there are other solutions to this). Battery life is usually excellent. At the moment I'm using a SanDisk Sansa Clip Zip. Once that thing breaks I'll probably just use my streaming server (via airsonic) on my phone and yell at the touchscreen because I have no idea what dedicated player is still usable with rockbox (apart from the refurbished old ones).