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Old 04-26-2021, 03:33 PM   #58
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Originally Posted by Atunah View Post
I think most kindle users are more like me. I use the device as is. No "hacking" or whatever that is called. Wouldn't know how, have no need for it. The only thing I had missed in the past was the bold function to make fonts easier to read. That is because screens became "better", but it made my fonts thinner. If that makes sense. Or might be the light layers. My old keyboard and old basic have great contrast still, just no light.
But they gave me the bold function some time ago so its all good now. Can't think of a single thing my kindles don't have that I need for reading.

I can instantly look at reviews on the store and goodreads to find books or look them up, I can look up words, I can translate, I can highlight. I get great recommendations now. I love the collection feature and never had any issues with it. I can make them what I want. My devices remember all my reading points across devices.

To me other devices are not comparable at all to a kindle. I buy my books on amazon and although for a while I backed my books up on calibre, I wouldn't know how to get them on another device and then none of the features I use would work on it. I don't even use calibre anymore. At some point I couldn't figure out anymore how to make that thingie that is needed work anymore. I don't care anymore. Amazon isn't going out of business and if they did, I am pretty sure I'd have bigger problems than not "owning" my books.

I think there are a lot more fiddlers on this board or course. I just want to read my books, organize my books, find books and share books.
Anything else is just extra at this point, like the screen saver. Its cute, I like it, but not a deal breaker and if I didn't have it, I wouldn't care either way.
I would say most users of any type of ereader fall into your camp.

But I would say that if you had started on a Kobo rather than a Kindle, your fourth paragraph would say "To me other devices are not comparable at all to a kobo."

All ereaders are pretty decent as is.
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