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Amazon is changing what is written in books (youtu.be)
submitted 2 days ago by Luffy879@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world
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But lets see the Positive side: Now the Nazis wont have to burn thousands of books, saving tons of co2 in their Plan to take over the world with propaganda. So, yay for the envoirment I guess

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I have a kobo sage and it's the same, except that kobo runs on Linux and they don't lock their system.

It runs on Android which runs on a Linux kernel. And Android is a tad bit too heavy for the kind of hardware the vendors tend to give e-readers, if you do anything outside the book-management-and-reader app. It's more open than Kindle, sure (i could even flash Lineagos on my Leaf, since the stock ROM had weird translation and apps), but if you just want an e-reader and maybe Nextcloud sync, i'd recommend PocketBook over everything else.

Edit: well, AOSP based custom ROM, not Android.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've searched everywhere and nowhere does anyone mention that kobo runs android. It runs an actual Linux based OS, not android. I know android uses the Linux kernel but that is not the same as an actual Linux OS. It doesn't matter anyway, their shit is wide open and you can do whatever the hell you want to you kobo

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ok, "Android" is a certificate and requires, among others, Google Play Services and Store. Kobo doesn't have that, so my that's the issue. But it's a AOSP-based vendor ROM, same as Kindle's, so my point with performance still stands and battery is bad too. At least compared to PocketBook's, which run plain Linux and last a month.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

I just checked them out and they have really low PPI on the one I want, the inkpad lite. It's 150 PPI. That's too low and would drive me insane.