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Originally Posted by bookyboy
You have no idea what resources it does or doesn't consume and/or what burden that places on Kobo's software team.
Kudos to them for supporting very old hardware, but please don't pretend that you have some intricate knowledge of what sacrifices they are or are not making to provide that support.
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Nor do you. Others around here who have looked at Kobo's firmware probably have a much better idea than most of us as to what effort it is taking.
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Originally Posted by bookyboy
Try to be a bit more impartial in your analysis.
Honestly your posts sometimes come across as "homer for Kobo" posts.
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You never read his earlier posts when he was still using Sony's ereaders?
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Originally Posted by bookyboy
These are mega corps - don't get too enamored with any of them.
Personally, I'm loyal to none of them and purchase and use what suits my needs and preferences best. I recommend all do the same.
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I would hardly call Kobo a mega-corp. They are owned by one but Kobo itself is a pretty small company.
As for loyalty? That's what calibre is for. My ebooks are the major cost of my ereading. The cost of the ereader is a very small fraction of that cost. What I do look at is the ability to manage my ebooks on the ereader. So far, I haven't found anything since Kindle's stopped being easily jailbroken that offers close to functionality my Kobos offer. My old Kindle is now a serial number for downloading for USB transfer.
I will admit that I use my ereaders for reading. The one I carry with me lives in the same laptop bag as my P52 and iPad Pro. At times, the trio is joined by a Nexus 2013, Chromebook or whatever other device I'm playing with at the moment but the those three are with me pretty much all the time.