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Originally Posted by zenji
Honestly I think its all a bit greedy and low-down.
Is it not enough that I bought the damned hardware?
It was not cheap.
It was certainly not like buying a printer - where its set at a low price because they mainly want you to buy the cartridges.
I think its bad faith to have such a casual attitude about how the interface handles sideloaded books, when they know very well that's a major reason people buy, and for some the main reason.
Let's see if someone comes into the market with a device well-suited to putting your own books on it. It seems people like Boox, and even Remarkable might do this. Let the MARKET punish this lack of care for the customer.
If I'm not the first person to complain - GOOD. Maybe they will listen. Or pay the price like MySpace.
All that stuff challenging me to not buy the next device etc is just nonsense and you know it. I will adapt to whatever is rational and ethical for me to do.
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The Nia is all of 99$ USD, you can at times get various refurbished devices for less than that. A cursory look for a printer, really who prints much of anything these days yet you call me a boomer, ok gramps, returns prices from 40 and up. Of course you have to buy paper and ink for the printer while you have endless books available for free for your Kobo directly from the device for free. So yes it’s not like a printer at all. You opted to get one of the higher end devices which was your choice.
The interface actually doesn’t distinguish between sideloaded books and store bought. You can make kepubs which will be the same visually as purchased books. Even ePubs will only appear different in that they will be noted as epub. It’s the underlying system which treats them differently and for most people they’ll never notice because it only becomes an issue if you log out.
Yes I’m sure Boox will disrupt Amazon 🙄. And the Remarkable at an even higher price doesn’t have readers as a focus it’s just an add on feature. But I’m sure you understand all about business demographics despite all evidence to the contrary.