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Originally Posted by the.Mtn.Man
I agree, a very good change. I'm just saying that the "Kindle has a better dictionary" argument has never held much water in my opinion because of the ease with which one can add their own dictionaries to Kobo devices.
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I'm feel confident that I won't be the only person who's comfortable sideloading books and using Kobopatch who's nevertheless been put off installing custom dictionaries because of the sheer hassle of it all. When I first switched from Kindle nearly 3 years ago, I started patching within a week. I also started reading up about custom dictionaries to compensate for Kobo's feeble offerings. I never bothered. Just reading the processes involved for creating dictionaries, or using dictutil and the like makes my eyes glaze over.
"It just works" is an appealing mantra especially when the alternative 'custom' dictionaries (English-English at any rate) on offer seem to mostly be archaic dinosaurs of questionable practical value. For most users, I'm sure this change IS a big step up and a major improvement in the Kobo vs Kindle comparison.