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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
This is me, too. I like that it CAN be patched, even though out of the box (especially w/ the latest firmware), there's almost nothing that I feel the need to patch. I do have advanced font controls patched in, for the very rare times when I need them.
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I couldn't manage without the advanced font controls patch, as I prefer custom fonts to the default ones, with at least some weight added. On Kindles the weight adjustment works with all custom fonts without any need for patching.
I also reduced the footer (don't use the header at all) via a patch, it's far too big otherwise. OTOH, I'm fine with the default margin and line-spacing options on my Libra.
And I definitely need the custom font sizes patch. My eyes aren't good and I like the font size to be just right. For the Nook I embedded the suitable font scale factor in the books, but it took a lot of time and experimenting to find the right size. I really don't feel like doing it again for the Kobo, when there's a patch for it. On my Kindles I installed the FONT_RAMP hack for custom sizes, one of the very few things you can install on a Kindle without jailbreaking.
Well, some people are just extremely OCD with their settings, others not so much.
As to the ads on Kindles, for me it's a non-issue, because I can't even buy a Kindle with ads. They only sell me ad-free models (admittedly, the price's a bit higher, but then I've never even looked how much the models with ads cost).