- cross-posted to:
- ereader_community@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- ereader_community@lemmy.ml
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/14277930
Kobo announces its first color e-readers
with extras like […] no lockscreen ads
What the fuck? Why is that an extra not just the default? It’s great that this product isn’t riddled with ads, but that’s like saying it’s great a burger is not made of human shit; it’s crazy that anyone would tolerate a shit-burger in the first place.
Maybe ads are normal in the e-reader space for some reason, but that’s just insane to me.
I think it’s only Amazon that does lock screen ads but since they have two-thirds of the market share globally (and a near monopoly in the US where the Verge is based) then whatever they do in the e-reader space is “normal”
Just talking here in the US, the only competitor Amazon has really had here is Nook which also has lock screen ads
Lock screen in a ebook reader is not something you are bound to see much often since I would hope you have some kind of protection over it.
I use a kobo libra 2 with calibre and it’s great. If you buy a kobo either make sure you really like it or buy it from Amazon. Their customer service is absolutely horrible.
Bought a math book from them, they refunded it with no questions, after I read a lot of it, because some of the equations were unreadable.
I had a good experience with their customer service.
My Kobo bricked a few days after the warranty expired (it’s possible I broke it installing koreader improperly or something) and they replaced it no problem.
Took a few weeks but I was happy they replaced it at all.
I’m glad you did! I ordered a device from them and wanted to return it and it took multiple chats over multiple days (maybe weeks?) to get it done. Was quite a headache.
I hope the reason they took so long is that they were waiting on a really good color e-ink screen, but I doubt it. That said, I love my Kobo Sage and my LazyLibrarian + Calibre-web + Kobo Sync workflow, and if you can do the same on these, then they’ll probably be a good buy.
Keep in mind that only one company makes eInk displays. They’re all using the same displays.
Sure. I don’t see how that affects what I said, though?
Any chance you could share your docker-compose.yml for your stack?
I can, but I’m not happy with it. If you containerize this setup, each container needs it’s own Calibre instance and it’s very inefficient. I run it on Proxmox and plan to either package it all in a single Docker image or roll it into my Ansible playbook on a different VM.
Ooohhh, this is huge! And also an upgraded Kobo Clara (in black and white)!
BW e-readers are sufficient for reading but colors are awesome for image content in books, such as graphics and maps and whatnot. Hopefully some reviews show up soon.
“Kobo announces they’ll finally spend a couple more bucks in each unit so they can ship same display any other Chinese company doing e-readers ships”. - There, title fixed.
Looks like Kobo’s primed for the top spot since Jassy gave up on innovation
Whilst this is nice. I’ve had a color ebook reader for maybe four years. It’s not a new technology.
Kinda surprised they even still exist. Bought one for my mom years ago. She used it a lot but thought 10-15 bucks for an ebook was too much. So i had to download a bunch of public domain stuff for her. Kept her occupied for a good while
Why at you surprised? You can have 10000 books in the space of a single folder.
I know. Mama was very picky though