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Or just buy a Kobo and be done with Amazon without any kind of hacking. Whenever someone on HN complains about Kindles, someone else recommends Kobo. But I ne
by reaperducer 1y ago
Or just buy a Kobo and be done with Amazon without any kind of hacking.
Whenever someone on HN complains about Kindles, someone else recommends Kobo. But I never see anyone recommending the Nook.
I haven't used a Nook in close to a decade, but when I did, it was very hackable. I even used a $5 one from Goodwill as an e-ink photo frame. Are the modern Nooks as bad as Kindles now?
- tcoff91 1y agoI really like Boox devices. It’s a full on android tablet with e ink.
- vorpalhex 1y agoBoox is great once you bend it to your will but there is a lot of obscure option mangling to do it. It's not malicious - the boox people are trying to hide the footguns - but there is a lot of "Why doesn't X work?" until you find some buried setting.
- tcoff91 1y ago100%. It’s got a learning curve. Especially with the color ones, until you find the dark color enhancement setting, text is not dark enough. I opt for Boox because I run the Storyteller app on it, which I also run on my phone so I can easily switch back and forth between listening and reading. It’s phenomenal once you get it dialed in with storyteller.