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I have one of the ad supported kindles, which is perpetually in airplane mode to stop the ads.

by gaogao 7y ago

flatiron 7y ago
mine is too, i also just buy the books, strip the drm, and load it up using calibre so i have no need for wifi on my kindle
- Eikon 7y ago
  I'm wondering, why buying a kindle if it's for going to such troubles avoiding using Amazon's services? I though the included store / library was one of the main selling point. Are kindles that better than standalone competitors?
  - vonseel 7y ago
    I went with kindle paperwhite simply because I wasn’t aware of alternatives, at least with electronic ink style display, and I have to assume Amazon is making the nicest e-reader since they have market dominance. Also I was trading a very old kindle keyboard, which took a little bit off the full price of paperwhite. I have an iPad but don’t like reading on it (too big and heavy) , and was previously reading on an iPhone XS Max, but even the phone feels heavy to hold while laying down after a while.
  - B1FF_PSUVM 7y ago
    > Are kindles that better than standalone competitors? No, but the nearest competitor, the Kobo Clara HD, is rather recent, is only a tad smaller for the same screen, and also requires a "login" to activate. However the Kobo takes .epub files without further ado. I think Amazon lost the format war, not that conversion is hard (cf. Calibre-ebook)
    - sudosysgen 7y ago
      There's an additional advantage to the Kobo. The whole operating system is just on an SD card, unencrypted. You can copy it, image it, edit, modify it and so on very, very easily and it's impossible to brick it as long as you made a copy of the SD card.
  - auslegung 7y ago
    I recently tried a kobo libra h2o and I had enough minor complaints about the UI that I returned it. I wouldn't say it's bad, just I prefer Kindle in a lot of ways. But if someone never used a Kindle I'd wholeheartedly recommend Kobo
  - chrisweekly 7y ago
    kindle oasis is amazing imho I read a _lot_, and its battery life, form factor, ergonomics, splash-proofness (non-submersible but practically impervious), legibility, speed... ROI in the first few months I owmed it and I've had it for a couple years (and expect to for many more). IOW, they finally got it right.
  - flatiron 7y ago
    i got mine as a present. i also sometimes use it with overdrive to take stuff out from the library which is super easy
mintplant 7y ago
If you ask Amazon support chat nicely (and persistently) enough, they'll usually disable those for you free of charge.
scarejunba 7y ago
Interestingly that's the thing I miss most from the Oasis. I wish I could configure it to display a book I'm reading as the cover when it's in standby.

I have one of the ad supported kindles, which is perpetually in airplane mode to stop the ads.

by gaogao 7y ago

I have one of the ad supported kindles, which is perpetually in airplane mode to stop the ads.

mine is too, i also just buy the books, strip the drm, and load it up using calibre so i have no need for wifi on my kindle

Eikon 7y ago
I'm wondering, why buying a kindle if it's for going to such troubles avoiding using Amazon's services? I though the included store / library was one of the main selling point. Are kindles that better than standalone competitors?
- vonseel 7y ago
  I went with kindle paperwhite simply because I wasn’t aware of alternatives, at least with electronic ink style display, and I have to assume Amazon is making the nicest e-reader since they have market dominance. Also I was trading a very old kindle keyboard, which took a little bit off the full price of paperwhite. I have an iPad but don’t like reading on it (too big and heavy) , and was previously reading on an iPhone XS Max, but even the phone feels heavy to hold while laying down after a while.
- B1FF_PSUVM 7y ago
  > Are kindles that better than standalone competitors? No, but the nearest competitor, the Kobo Clara HD, is rather recent, is only a tad smaller for the same screen, and also requires a "login" to activate. However the Kobo takes .epub files without further ado. I think Amazon lost the format war, not that conversion is hard (cf. Calibre-ebook)
  - sudosysgen 7y ago
    There's an additional advantage to the Kobo. The whole operating system is just on an SD card, unencrypted. You can copy it, image it, edit, modify it and so on very, very easily and it's impossible to brick it as long as you made a copy of the SD card.
- auslegung 7y ago
  I recently tried a kobo libra h2o and I had enough minor complaints about the UI that I returned it. I wouldn't say it's bad, just I prefer Kindle in a lot of ways. But if someone never used a Kindle I'd wholeheartedly recommend Kobo
- chrisweekly 7y ago
  kindle oasis is amazing imho I read a _lot_, and its battery life, form factor, ergonomics, splash-proofness (non-submersible but practically impervious), legibility, speed... ROI in the first few months I owmed it and I've had it for a couple years (and expect to for many more). IOW, they finally got it right.
- flatiron 7y ago
  i got mine as a present. i also sometimes use it with overdrive to take stuff out from the library which is super easy

mintplant 7y ago

If you ask Amazon support chat nicely (and persistently) enough, they'll usually disable those for you free of charge.

scarejunba 7y ago

Interestingly that's the thing I miss most from the Oasis. I wish I could configure it to display a book I'm reading as the cover when it's in standby.