[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

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There, this. I always knew it to be true. Thank you for coming out and saying it yourself. You are going out of your way to push your agenda on everybody else. How is anybody supposed to take you serious, especially in which one should I buy, when it comes to a buying decision? Please don't even tell me that a great many Kindle owners are too stupid to buy something, anything better. Does a Kindle work for everybody? No, of course not, I never said that.

You misread what I wrote and got it incorrect. I never said Kindle owners are stupid. Others have said that (well, implied) in the SD card slot thread. They have said that Amazon has this fixed options because some users are unable to handle more flexible options. I said I would not have an issue buying a Kindle if it had sensible options. It doesn't and that's the major issue with Kindles.

I listened to nonsense like that - at the time the biggest thing was the myth of inability to sideload at all to a Kindle. The only regret I have is that I waited so long to try a Kindle. I even jailbroke it and started developing on in. In hindsight I should have just read on it instead of never-ending fiddling with it. There is no more JB on it, no hidden features. And it is a joy to use once I started doing only one thing on it: read my books.

Personally, I tweak because I can and once I'm done, I just go off and read. I don't have to keep tweaking. That includes tweaking the CSS code. It is silly when people say things that blatantly are not true like not being able to side load.

The greatest feature ever in a Kobo is the ability to loan library books outside the USA which a Kindle can't do. Since libraries do support Kindle here in the US, it will be much harder to grab a hold in the market. You cannot just throw out money on displays and presence in the hope that enough people will buy it. Eink readers always been niche products, and becoming ever more so with the rise of multi-function devices like tablets and phones.

Very true. if you do live outside the US and want to use Overdrive, you do need an ePub Reader that supports RMDSK (ADE & Adept). One thing I like about the Kobo is that you have more control over how the default fonts can look, the line spacing and the margin, and more font sizes.

I was under the impression that there hasn't been any Kindle in Walmart for over two years now. Even online at Walmart it is only other sellers, not Walmart itself that has them.

That could be. I didn't look that carefully last time I was on Wal-Mart's website.