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Wow, am I reading this right that they are going to completely remove USB mass storage access for existing Kindles? That's an essential feature. It's a differen
by lukaslalinsky 2y ago
Wow, am I reading this right that they are going to completely remove USB mass storage access for existing Kindles? That's an essential feature. It's a different product without USB data access.
- goosedragons 2y agoNo they are not. They are removing Download and Transfer which was a way to transfer DRM laden Kindle books on over USB. You will still be able to put DRM free books on over USB. Personally I would just avoid Kindle now. There's very little benefits to their devices, Send to Kindle might be the only serious thing but has issues.
- 42772827 2y agoEh. Kindle still has the best rendering and best hardware, and they go on sale very often. There’s also a jailbreak for every firmware that was just released. My interest in e-readers is reduction of distractions so I can get into a flow state for reading. Kindle is still the top choice for me.
- goosedragons 2y agoThey don't have the best rendering or the best hardware. Jailbreaking is often readily stymied for periods of time. I found when I had a Kindle there wasn't even a workable font size I liked without jailbreaking, everything was too big or too small with not enough middle ground. Kobo has near-identical hardware, doesn't require jailbreaking and has actually usable text options out of the box.
- 42772827 2y agoUnfortunately I haven’t found a Kobo with an even backlight. They also went backwards with their screens for the smaller sizes, opting for indented instead of flush on all but the Elipsa.