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I’m probably an outlier in tech circles but I really like the kindle experience, it’s convenient, the store has all the books I could ever want to read, the pri

I’m probably an outlier in tech circles but I really like the kindle experience, it’s convenient, the store has all the books I could ever want to read, the price is reasonable and since I never reread books I really don’t mind that I don’t own them forever. I’ve probably bought 200 books from Amazon since I got my kindle back in 2010. If I had to go through the hassles of stripping drm and side loading the books I’d read less as I just don’t plan that well. Arguably since physical books do degrade over decades you also don’t own those forever but since the time frame is so long it’s a moot point.

ekianjo 3y ago
> physical books do degrade over decades you also don’t own those forever There's this interesting machine called a scanner that solves that problem.
jemmyw 3y ago
Pretty much the same, except I do re-read the odd book... and they're all still there. I've not had a Kindle book disappear. I used to use calibre, but at some point I realised I was just curating a massive library for no reason. Same with music files. The time spent looking after a collection was time that I could spend reading new books or listening to new music, or doing something else. So yeah, all power to those who feel a need to own physical copies of everything, I no longer subscribe to that ideal. I'd rather a library model where we pay collectively.
TMWNN 3y ago
>I’m probably an outlier in tech circles but I really like the kindle experience Why do you think that you are an outlier? That every discussion of it online inevitably descends into discussion of DRM does not mean that people (techie or not) in general like using Kindle and its ecosystem. I also really like Kindle (and the newest one's faster speed makes it all the better). iOwning one surprised me in how it changed the way I read. I did not anticipate the freedom of being able to move between books at any time for any reason. I have many dozens of cards from libraries around the US, and can borrow almost anything at any time. It's great being able to hear about an interesting book, finding it at overdrive.com (which searches across multiple libraries), then borrowing it within 30 seconds.

ekianjo 3y ago

> physical books do degrade over decades you also don’t own those forever There's this interesting machine called a scanner that solves that problem.

jemmyw 3y ago

Pretty much the same, except I do re-read the odd book... and they're all still there. I've not had a Kindle book disappear. I used to use calibre, but at some point I realised I was just curating a massive library for no reason. Same with music files. The time spent looking after a collection was time that I could spend reading new books or listening to new music, or doing something else. So yeah, all power to those who feel a need to own physical copies of everything, I no longer subscribe to that ideal. I'd rather a library model where we pay collectively.

TMWNN 3y ago

>I’m probably an outlier in tech circles but I really like the kindle experience Why do you think that you are an outlier? That every discussion of it online inevitably descends into discussion of DRM does not mean that people (techie or not) in general like using Kindle and its ecosystem. I also really like Kindle (and the newest one's faster speed makes it all the better). iOwning one surprised me in how it changed the way I read. I did not anticipate the freedom of being able to move between books at any time for any reason. I have many dozens of cards from libraries around the US, and can borrow almost anything at any time. It's great being able to hear about an interesting book, finding it at overdrive.com (which searches across multiple libraries), then borrowing it within 30 seconds.