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I've always been an avid reader, ever since I was a kid. But as I got older and my already poor vision got worse, I stopped reading for 10+ years because it was just too hard with the tiny print in paperbacks. Ereaders let me read again.
The current state of ereaders, eink screen, front light, long battery life, small size, are absolutely perfect for me and there's no going back to reading on any other type of device for me. Phones are too small and use up too much battery, tablets too large to be held comfortably and use up too much battery, and neither can be read outdoors in bright sunlight.
I never leave the house without my ereader since I got my first one. I have a very small crossbody purse that's just large enough to fit my phone, ereader, spare car key, few plastics for ID, and that's it. Waiting in long lines at the post office which used to irritate me to no end is now actually pleasurable that I can just pull out the reader. Stuck in my car waiting almost 4 hours for a tow truck made that even a pleasure since I could just sit back and read instead of climbing the walls sitting there.
Oh yeah, ereaders are definitely still a thing and a big part of my daily life that I wouldn't be without. Although my preference is 6" for portability, they're also in enough various sizes to suit most everyone at this point. No improvements recently? No need as far as I'm concerned, they're perfect as is to just keep reading.
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