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There should be an open e-ink device and ecosystem. Even if you go through the trouble of flashing your kindle with a custom image, you're still stuck signing i

There should be an open e-ink device and ecosystem. Even if you go through the trouble of flashing your kindle with a custom image, you're still stuck signing into your Amazon account to borrow a book from the library. Librarians will never give out your checkout history to anybody without a national security letter or a warrant. Meanwhile, Amazon is probably passing your reading records around to 50 different analysts and storing them in databases where dozens or hundreds of engineers have access. When I go to amazon.com, I see recommendations for other books similar to those that I've read, including those that I didn't buy through their store.

xkcd-sucks 7y ago
Kobo comes close. there are invasive analytics but it's trivial to modify the embedded Linux it runs + hostsfile it etc.
Mediterraneo10 7y ago
> Even if you go through the trouble of flashing your kindle with a custom image, you're still stuck signing into your Amazon account to borrow a book from the library. You could always just get all your reading material from Library Genesis instead. I have owned several Kindle models over the years, but I have never had to interact with Amazon. I put the device in airplane mode the moment I took it out of the box and kept it that way, and I have downloaded all my reading material from LibGen (or a publisher who provides DRM-free ebook files) and moved it to the device via USB.