Same here. I bought a boox poke for € 130 a couple of years ago and it's a vast improvement over my (at that point 9 year old) kindle paperwhite. No ads, no spy

Same here. I bought a boox poke for € 130 a couple of years ago and it's a vast improvement over my (at that point 9 year old) kindle paperwhite. No ads, no spying/data transfer to amazon, and I finally OWN my books and don't have to sqabble with amazon over them deleting books from my library. I buy books as files and sideload via USB (another thing amazon stops you doing). I read a lot - 150 TO 200 books/year - and de-DRMing every single one year after year just isn't an option. The poke is smaller than the paperwhite but crisp in display and has the same features you noted including tts. It's 4 years old and I expect it to last another 4, so I come to the same conclusion: cheaper readers would certainly increase electronic waste since people tend to take less care of objects that are cheap and easily replacable.