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Originally Posted by haertig
Then there's the constant diligence required so that your Kindle doesn't accidentally get updated. Maybe an update adds new features that you'd love to have, but you can't get to those because you're too worried about unjailbreaking your jailbreak, so you don't do the update.
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You only need constant diligence if you're interested in actually running and installing newer firmware. If not, then you just toggle a switch once and never have to worry about the device auto-updating.
I've got non-JB PW3 and PW4 used for reading Kindle Unlimited borrows and Kindle purchases that I allow to auto-update. Thus far, there hasn't been any features that are worth losing JB for on the Kindles I use exclusively with side-loaded content.
Jailbreak gives me the benefit of semi-automatic collection generation with Calibre for side-loaded content. This is the primary reason I jailbroke my Kindle in the first place. Discovering KOReader came later.
KOReader means I can just read CBZ manga (renamed DeDRMed Nook and Kobo EPUB, Humble Bundle CBZ, etc) without needing to convert with Kindle Comic Converter. Calibre sucks at converting comics. KOReader also allows on-the-fly gamma adjustments. No more need to wait for conversion and keep two different formats of the same manga taking up a lot of space on my drive. No need to review if the conversion went well either given KCC can sometimes be overzealous at cropping and gamma adjustment.
KOReader also gives me the ability to easily download ebooks wireless from Calibre OPDS server. Dropbox and FTP, too.