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This is only one reason why I absolutely love my Kobo Aura HD, it's never been connected to WiFi. Its storage device is a standard SD card which can be swapped
by dusted 6y ago
This is only one reason why I absolutely love my Kobo Aura HD, it's never been connected to WiFi. Its storage device is a standard SD card which can be swapped for a larger one. Oh, and it's not giving money to Amazon which is always a big win for me.
It also happens to be a super nice piece of kit, and it has my warmest recommendations.
- lm28469 6y agoMy kindle is in airplane mode since I opened its box and I send books to it via usb. No one is forcing you to use amazon services, I didn't even pay for the ad free version but I've never seen an ad.
- irishloop 6y agoI've actually found it quite challenging to purchase books to put on my Kindle that aren't from Amazon, since they use a proprietary format.
- Mediterraneo10 6y ago> I've actually found it quite challenging to purchase books to put on my Kindle that aren't from Amazon, since they use a proprietary format. While MOBI began as one's company's proprietary solution, the format is well over a decade old now and quite well understood by the Free Software community. Calibre can convert EPUB (or anything else, really) to MOBI, so you can buy or pirate your ebooks from anywhere and easily put them on a Kindle.
- pqb 6y agoI would say exactly the opposite. I regret of buying a book from Amazon [0] dedicated to Kindle-use, because it is DRM protected and I am forced to use "Amazon Kindle" application, otherwise I cannot open it. I am usually okay with DRMs but I miss a fact I haven't bought it elsewhere with less annoying protection. [0]: https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Data-Intensive-Applications-Reliable-Maintainable/dp/1449373321 https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Data-Intensive-Applications... Psst, "Designing Data Intensive Applications" was very good read. Do you know similar books that focus on distributed systems?
- pwinnski 6y agoI had completely forgotten that .mobi is proprietary! In principle, you're absolutely right. In practice, .mobi is easy to generate, modify, fold, spindle, and mutilate with free/Free software. Even Amazon's .azw is just mobi with * replacing $.
- bt1a 6y agoYou need to get Calibre!
- tweetle_beetle 6y agoThat's a sensible approach, but sadly Kobo probably does something similar for those who are less savvy than you: > We collect Personal Information when you use or otherwise interact with the Kobo Services. For example, we collect information about how you use the Kobo Services, such as pages you view, the rate at which you consume e-content (how often and for how long), genres, authors or subject matter you prefer and searches you make or share, the ebooks or audiobooks you have liked, comments you have left and also websites you have viewed through links in the comments. [1] It's depressing that the market will not stomach the true cost of "dumb" hardware anymore, so it's becoming harder and harder to find. Everything that can be subsidised with hoovering up data, or pushing content, is. If this is the thin end of the wedge, I dread to think where we're heading. I have an 2010 Kindle Keyboard and naively thought that we wouldn't end up here. The closer we got the less likely I am to "upgrade". [1] https://authorize.kobo.com/terms/privacypolicy https://authorize.kobo.com/terms/privacypolicy
- dusted 6y agoOh, I've actually never read that, I wrongly assumed that != Amazon == good guys.