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On a side-note: I'm surprised devices like Kindle survive where superior ones like those from Sony perish simply because of the software walled garden. Not a go
by twerh34fasdfa 4y ago
On a side-note: I'm surprised devices like Kindle survive where superior ones like those from Sony perish simply because of the software walled garden. Not a good outlook for humanity.
- cratermoon 4y agoOne word: Betamax
- lvass 4y agoWhat walled garden are you talking about? I never even connected my ~8 year old kindle to the internet, only send files that I own via USB.
- Markoff 4y agogood luck transferring files if you forget cable, see my other lengthy post here
- Shorel 4y agoAs long as they have Wi-Fi, Calibre has a nice web server for this.
- Markoff 4y agoTIL GTK thanks
- liveoneggs 4y agoHow often are you recycling books on these devices?
- nicolas_t 4y agoSo far the kindle oasis is the best ereader in term of hardware and ergonomy I've used and that's comparing to a kobo sage I also have and to all the ereaders I've had over the years (never had sony but I used to purposefully avoid amazon)
- mecha_ghidorah 4y agoHow on earth can it be best in terms of ergonomy if it isn't symmetrical and requires rotating it 180 degrees to change hands instead of just... passing it to the other hand?
- nicolas_t 4y agoChanging hands is not something I do more than 4 times an hour and the non-symmetrical shape makes it fit my hands much better.
- Handytinge 4y agoYeah. My friends swear by it, but I can't stand it. I miss my old Kindle 3G with side buttons.
- DanAtC 4y agoSony's love affair with propriety formats (Betamax, MiniDisc (and ATRAC), Media Stick, UMD) doesn't do them any favors.
- nottorp 4y agoSony still makes ereaders? Are they affordable yet? Last time i checked they cost an arm and a leg. Don't know about others but the first ereader i bought was a paperwhite on sale. I.e. cheap. I was used to reading on dead tree and pda/tablet and didn't see why I should get an expensive dedicated device. Only tried when it was discounted enough to be an impulse purchase. Don't think Sony ever had something in impulse purchase territory... and come to think of it, haven't seen anything about ereaders from them in the news in a long while. As for walled garden, Calibre. Amazon can be safely ignored should you wish that.
- oittaa 4y ago> Sony https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootk...