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Originally Posted by haydnfan
I'm sure nobody likes one poster constantly telling everyone that Kindle is the devil, but fanboys overlooking any fault is also frankly terrible. You can like your favorite ecosystem without pretending that it is flawless.
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I guess if you think I'm a fanboy for Kindles I couldn't totally disagree since I do prefer Kindles to the others. That said I also have 3 Kobos and 2 Nooks and I'm thinking about getting a Clara HD, although since I'm mostly reading on my phone these days I'm not sure I'll get it. I still sort of want one.
I guess the reason for my thinking in this case is that I'm not convinced that receiving mandatory updates is really a good thing. In the past few years a few new features have emerged that I liked but the vast majority I either didn't care about or I don't like at all. My biggest issue with updates, though, is that they keep changing the interface. Just about the time I get used to it they move stuff around.
And yet I read with Wifi on, (or 3G or 4G, on those Kindles) because I'm always accessing Wikipedia when I run into something in the text that I want to know more about. That, to me, is one of the great features of ereaders. So I get all the updates whether I want them or not.
I don't think Kindles are perfect. Well, okay I do. I also think Nooks and Kobos are perfect. This is all superb technology. The reason we're getting so many silly features with our few serious features with all these updates is that the makers really can't think of anything better to give us. Most of the important stuff is already done. Ereaders are amazing technology. I prefer the Kindle interface but that's a personal thing. I don't think they've been the most creative development team. Kobo probably is that. But Kindles somehow fit me better.
And yet I do nearly all my reading these days using Moon+ on my phone. Oh well. Call me a Moon+ fanboy and it'll probably be closer to the truth.
Barry