Amazon Kindle

“What’s annoying is when you want to look back at something earlier in the book. Then you have to use the clunky search and hope you don’t lose your current place.”

“My preferred Kindle 4 classic also fits in my pockets, used ones are at around 25 EUR and pretty hackable.”

“a basic Kindle fits in a purse / fanny-pack just fine and is much more comfortable on the eyes”

“I read books on my Kindle outdoors in the blazing sun, and so do most of the millions of people who have Kindles or similar devices.”

“not sure if kindle, nook, etc still require you to browse and check out books on a secondary device and then sync”

“I used to try and stuff a Kindle into my jeans pocket because reading on a large screen is so much more enjoyable for me”

“The stock software in Kobo and kindle can be used within minutes because they don't have a lot of features/options.”

“Always carry a Kindle, and when you're bored, read instead of reaching for other apps or games.”

“If you hold onto your Kindle devices for too long instead of replacing them with a newer model, you can't access your old books”

“Amazon, to its small credit, does this, which is good, because the subset of html/css they support is limited and poorly documented.”

“since they have locked things down even harder lately, it is much more difficult to export purchases to other readers”

“I believe Amazon could easily support the APIs it uses, and keep delivering me books that I've paid for or borrowed.”

“An original-model Kindle has more of its original functionality than an original-model iPad.”

“I've bought about 10 of the things dating back to 2012 either because I wanted to have the latest model or because I wanted to give one as a gift. They are all amazing devices.”

“I have my 2016 one setup without a password so when I open my cover the device unlocks, so I never really even see the ad unless I try.”

“14 years support window is so insanely good. But as it goes... You either die a hero or you live long enough to become the villain.”

“I keep it offline in airplane mode permanently from 2016 and haven't seen a single ad in a long long time.”

“people who write articles on tech-focused sites are still surprised that they never actually owned the books on their Kindle”

“Amazon only just enabled the PC "Send to Kindle" to support ePub directly instead of the old silly work around”

“It will give you a nag pop-up telling you to log in each time you go to the main menu, but the pop-up doesn't show up while you're in a book so it's not a big deal.”

“I have never found anything on “Home” remotely useful, and just want to see the books that I already have on the device”

“Every kindle that supports the new format (Kindle devices since 2013 with latest OS upgraded) support loading non-DRM ePubs directly over USB.”

“owners of older Kindles, including its earliest models such as the Kindle Touch and some Kindle Fire tablets, will be unable to download new e-books”

“That's just bricking the device in case the user ever has to reset their device or has not downloaded their library.”

“Its a Lithium battery so unless you let it drain to single digits every time, it'll last a LOONG time”

“Anyone still using Kindle after Amazon removed 1984, of all books, remotely from their devices only has themselves to blame.”

“A Kindle lets you adjust brightness, change fonts—there are fonts that help dyslexic people, for example—and it's lighter than books.”

“The Kindle hardware is great, but the software and ecosystem are just crap, and Amazon is making it shittier every year.”

“I bought and use a Kindle specifically because it has zero distractions. All you can do is read.”

“The convenience of being able to carry a library with me in a single device is undeniable.”

“Amazon is really going above-and-beyond to cripple the last bastion of Kindle devices that carry a DRM scheme we can crack.”

“I can't even read the novel I bought from one author who only sells on Amazon because they removed the download option.”

“iPads/Kindles are better because they're smaller and lighter so you can position them with far greater flexibility.”

“the Kindle 4 used in this project supports partial refresh which avoids the full black-white flash and cuts refresh time to ~250ms”

“I've got a newer Kindle, and long-pressing on a word opens up the local dictionary and/or if it has internet access, the wiki page. Great way to expand my vocabulary.”

“Amazon has done some good work on the UX for this, but nothing is as simple as flipping through a physical book”

“Tablet/kindle on an arm mount (the kind with springs like a microphone or architecture lamp stand works best, goosenecks fail pretty quick)”

“Kindle, or the text consoles on older CRT monitors looked good because they were not too bright against the surroundings”

“they're not really intrusive (only appearing when it's off) and the price to remove them is pretty reasonable”

“Definitely can recommend it as a base device that gets you display, wonky Linux, a battery and networking in neat little package.”