4 ms·

Shit like this is why I turned on airplane mode immediately after setup 3 years ago and never turned it off. It’s a ebook reader. I load files on through calib

Shit like this is why I turned on airplane mode immediately after setup 3 years ago and never turned it off. It’s a ebook reader. I load files on through calibre and read them. Any update or access to the internet is exceedingly unlikely to be to my benefit. Zero issues so far.

grujicd 4y ago
Main benefit of internet access is that you can share progress with Kindle app on your phone. Sometimes you end up with some time to kill and you only have a phone at hand.
- benced 4y ago
  Also goodreads integration is pretty great
- csdvrx 4y ago
  I've found collapsing the reading progress to an integer as the best cross platform option. Most books conveniently provide integers at the bottom of each page, prefixed by "p."
  - cauthon 4y ago
    Ok, technically true, but not super helpful. I haven’t used kindle in a few years, but last I checked, “page” numbers were relative to the device you were on (and its screen size).
    - joe5150 4y ago
      Kindle uses a device-independent "location" value which you can enable on most displays if you want to sync up.
    - csdvrx 4y ago
      I haven't had that problem, but if I did I'd then use 2 integers (current page number, total page number)
amelius 4y ago
I wish my iPhone allowed me to untether from the vendor that easily ...
Semaphor 4y ago
Zero issues besides not being able to use the service this tasks about?
deleted 4y ago
[deleted]
wintermutestwin 4y ago
I did this as well but my reason is that I don't want AMZ to steal my data. Why should I let some monopolist corp know anything about my reading? It is a bummer that you can't look up Wikipedia. I wonder if this works with newer Kindles?
- deleted 4y ago
  [deleted]
peruvian 4y ago
Same — turned my Kindle on, did not log in, put it in airplane mod and sync pirated ebooks to it thru Calibre. Only way to roll.
duskwuff 4y ago
> It’s a ebook reader. I load files on through calibre and read them. Then you wouldn't have been using Kindle Unlimited anyway, so you'd be unaffected by this change.
- pessimizer 4y ago
  I'm pretty sure that's the point of the comment you replied to.

grujicd 4y ago

Main benefit of internet access is that you can share progress with Kindle app on your phone. Sometimes you end up with some time to kill and you only have a phone at hand.

benced 4y ago
Also goodreads integration is pretty great
csdvrx 4y ago
I've found collapsing the reading progress to an integer as the best cross platform option. Most books conveniently provide integers at the bottom of each page, prefixed by "p."
- cauthon 4y ago
  Ok, technically true, but not super helpful. I haven’t used kindle in a few years, but last I checked, “page” numbers were relative to the device you were on (and its screen size).
  - joe5150 4y ago
    Kindle uses a device-independent "location" value which you can enable on most displays if you want to sync up.
  - csdvrx 4y ago
    I haven't had that problem, but if I did I'd then use 2 integers (current page number, total page number)

amelius 4y ago

I wish my iPhone allowed me to untether from the vendor that easily ...

Semaphor 4y ago

Zero issues besides not being able to use the service this tasks about?

deleted 4y ago

[deleted]

wintermutestwin 4y ago

I did this as well but my reason is that I don't want AMZ to steal my data. Why should I let some monopolist corp know anything about my reading? It is a bummer that you can't look up Wikipedia. I wonder if this works with newer Kindles?

deleted 4y ago
[deleted]

peruvian 4y ago

Same — turned my Kindle on, did not log in, put it in airplane mod and sync pirated ebooks to it thru Calibre. Only way to roll.

duskwuff 4y ago

> It’s a ebook reader. I load files on through calibre and read them. Then you wouldn't have been using Kindle Unlimited anyway, so you'd be unaffected by this change.

pessimizer 4y ago
I'm pretty sure that's the point of the comment you replied to.