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Originally Posted by Haesslich
For me, cases are primarily for covering the screen and preventing it from being poked and damaged that way. For drops, they've prevented damage if the device fell face down as the closed case or the front cover will stop it from hitting corners, and a case where it's retained by clips helps only a bit by making sure that some of the force of the fall doesn't get transmitted to the device.
And I've probably handled (and dropped) about as many devices as you since I've been using them from when Sony first brought them to NA as the Libre.
And I'd argue that if you need a case to stop a reader from being slippery... well, it means the damned thing is slippery. I had to stick a DecalGirl sticker on the back of my Aura HD as the plain plastic was a pain in the ass to keep a grip on, even with the weird angular shape. The official cover had the same plastic back, so it did NOT help grip... and I transferred the sticker to the case to add some texture.
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I used to handle people’s ereaders as part of a former job. So for several years I’d get numerous ones a day which all saw a variety of care, from a variety of age groups, etc. I can say with confidence that while substrate breaks are the number one causes of eink devices dying it’s got way more to do with the overall care, people putting them in backpacks and tossing the backpack around, people having them in jacket pockets and falling, and so on.
I’m not saying people shouldn’t use cases, nor that cases aren’t without benefits. However Jon has a history of insisting that they are absolutely required or you will break if you don’t use them.
I’ve also been a fan of Decalgirl skins to make the various readers I’ve owned a bit more grippy but also to hide the branding. Which is something Kobo does fairly well compared to other companies in terms of making it subtle. I just don’t want any branding to be visible on my devices. If I like the product I’ll gladly sing its praises on my own.