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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
As a former Kindle owner (several devices over several years), I did miss the global search when I switched to Kobo, but did NOT miss having my device lock up while indexing, which happened often on my Paperwhites. Since Calibre has been mentioned, I'll add that there is a global search plugin available for Calibre now. Not as convenient as on-device, but handy to have, especially as the grunt work of indexing can done entirely locally by your computer, not a little e-reader or a corporate data miner..
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I don't remember the last time any of my Kindles locked up indexing (at least 5 years ago, if not more), but then I've never had a Paperwhite. Perhaps they were more prone to that issue. Or perhaps Amazon has improved the firmware since you last used a Kindle.
I don't use global search very often, but it's a nice feature to have. Still, I haven't really missed it on my Libra. As you say, there are other ways.