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Originally Posted by bagpiper1
It seems to me Amazon has some sophisticated firmware UI extras like X-ray and a more extensive ecosystem but all that is kind of pointless and extraneous when they cannot even get the core reading experience right like Kobo does. For instance, besides the former possible issue you can also customize fonts more and sideload fonts on Kobo so on and so forth etc....
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The Kindle UI is much, much slicker than the Kobo one. (Fewer font features, but slicker UI and a better dictionary.) As for fonts, with my Kindle Touch there's a simple hack that allows you to add at will. Unfortunately it doesn't work with newer, non-jailbroken Kindles, but there's still font embedding in Calibre, which I've just tested and it works fine.
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Originally Posted by bagpiper1
Not to rag on or knock Kindle owners but I think everyone on this forum should realize that without Kobo innovating and the existence of the Kobo Aura ONE --the Kindle Oasis 2 would not exist as Amazon would not be forced to try to keep up with Kobo on technical hardware details.
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I thinking you're making an assumption here. But you're right about competition. It helps when there's more than one company. I'm happy that Walmart is going to sell Kobos.
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Originally Posted by bagpiper1
Therefore, it is my opinion an unwritten rule of the forum should be overall , in general, should be a preference for supporting Kobo over Amazon when applicable.  |
I think each person's preference should be his/her own preference. Without the ease of use Amazon has built into their Kindles (their delivery infrastructure) eBooks would be much less popular than they are. So, in some ways, at least in the U.S., Amazon is keeping outfits like Kobo alive.
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Originally Posted by bagpiper1
That being said even I recommended someone get a refurbished kindle voyage over a refurbished Kobo Aura HD, once, on this forum, because it was a better deal objectively/ practically.
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I try to find out what they want and suggest their best options. I've often suggested Kobos (I've also suggested Kindles or Nooks).