Quote:
Originally Posted by roger64
The OP asked some questions before buying a Kindle. I gave him my best advice, straight to the point in a very short message.
You did not appreciate it, though later you told me yourself that it would have been wiser for me to stay away from buying a Kindle... 
But, tell me: is it false to inform would-be buyers that Amazon wants to keep them in jail? That they really mean it? We cannot say them the truth? |
Well, it is very simple. Extraordinarily simple.
The Kindle does exactly what it is advertised to do. It reads books in the AZW3 format.
There are jails and jails... Naturally I am rooting for anyone who wants to unlock the jail and gain full control over their device.
But I have little sympathy for anyone who complains that it is necessary, yet isn't willing to do what it takes (currently: serial port jailbreak). Specifically, when they bought the device
anyway, get burned when they should've known better (practicality
always beats idealism), and then proceeds to complain about it in unrelated discussions.
Quote:
|
I had received from you already two weeks ago some disparaging comments ("on the point of foolishness") to which I did not reply a single word, but when I read the same kind of comment a second time for a totally different subject, I could clearly see a bullying pattern that I will not stand.
|
I have already told you -- if you feel my posts were a violation of the posting guidelines, report me to the Moderation Team.
Posting Guideiines #12: When Things go Wrong
Quote:
Do not comment about other member's possible guideline violations on open forum. Instead, please use the "report post" button to report any post that appears to contravene these guidelines. It is the button  at the lower-left of posts and the upper right of private messages.
|
Quote:
You also gave technical arguments: you were the first to speak about how Kindle and Kobo are more featureful than Koreader.
Well, on both points, you got replies. Koreader and hyphenation may not be the majority choice in NY, but you can't deny that they can be a sound (i.e. non-foolish) choice. How surprising indeed...
|
And I already told you, that was a side point, a matter of personal opinion. For the record, people shouldn't go around recommending someone change their mind and buy a Kobo instead of a Kindle, based solely on their personal belief that Kindles have lousy typography and you can't use KOReader.
Unless, of course, the OP specifically indicates he cares about typography, which he hasn't.
And my only barometer for "foolish choices" was "can this device, right now, be made into something you can tolerate using".
And if the answer is "no", as it was for you, then it is 100% a foolish choice. And it would be a foolish choice even if 99.999999999999999% of people cared about typography and used it as their top priority for selecting a device.
Fortunately, the OP has not indicated that typography is important to him, therefore the Kindle is still a viable option.
