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stumped · 09-15-2018, 01:06 AM

the kindle app for android works well BUT it turns on one clickpurchases AND puts a get the audiobook banner across every book you open. So you are always one careless tap away form an unwanted purchase. with amazon hardware you can set parental controls but on android you are wide open to shop in all amazon apps, including the kindle one.

because of that issue, I decided long ago that it was safer to to convert my amazon books to epub and sideload them instead. I'd rather give up having whisper sync across devices and get rid of purchasing option ( I can sync epubs anyway with moon+ & dropbox).

the only other niggle I had with the kindle for android app, compared to the amazon hardware version was that the bottom margin was very narrow and not adjustable - but that could be a device specific thing.

ps, if eyestrain/risk bothers you, you can run a blue light filter app alongside the kindle app on most android devices, if there is not one built in ( my Samsung tablet already has one, and my preferred Moon+ reader also has its own ).
the kindle app has the option of a green page background, as well as the usual white, sepia, black. I like the green. it also allows for 2 column landscape mode on some devices but that seems to be device specific.

09-15-2018, 01:06 AM	#6
stumped Wizard Posts: 3,305 Karma: 10259306 Join Date: May 2016 Device: kobo forma, Kobo Libra, Huawei media Tab, fire HD10, PW3 HDX8.9,	the kindle app for android works well BUT it turns on one clickpurchases AND puts a get the audiobook banner across every book you open. So you are always one careless tap away form an unwanted purchase. with amazon hardware you can set parental controls but on android you are wide open to shop in all amazon apps, including the kindle one. because of that issue, I decided long ago that it was safer to to convert my amazon books to epub and sideload them instead. I'd rather give up having whisper sync across devices and get rid of purchasing option ( I can sync epubs anyway with moon+ & dropbox). the only other niggle I had with the kindle for android app, compared to the amazon hardware version was that the bottom margin was very narrow and not adjustable - but that could be a device specific thing. ps, if eyestrain/risk bothers you, you can run a blue light filter app alongside the kindle app on most android devices, if there is not one built in ( my Samsung tablet already has one, and my preferred Moon+ reader also has its own ). the kindle app has the option of a green page background, as well as the usual white, sepia, black. I like the green. it also allows for 2 column landscape mode on some devices but that seems to be device specific. Last edited by stumped; 09-15-2018 at 01:09 AM.