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Originally Posted by shanghaichica
I have used:
Sony PRS-300
Nook Simple touch
Kobo mini and glow light
Various kindles.
I prefer the kindle. Admittedly I am more invested in the kindle ecosystem and have spent more time with their hardware. Given the number of kindle books be bought over the years I would find it difficult to switch to another e-reader brand. Yes I know there are ways to use kindle books on non kindle devices but it’s not worth the hassle for little gain.
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I had a Sony T1 and Nook Simple Touch. At the time, they were clearly superior to the Kindle.
I would recommend using 'the ways' to make your Kindle purchases portable. It's empowering to have your digital books cataloged and available for conversion or other use cases that Amazon does not support, and be able to purchase or acquire content elsewhere and prepare it for Kindle. I estimate it took a couple of hundred hours (spread out over several months) to import my library initially, but with that done, it takes very little time to keep up with purchases.
I probably will never switch completely away from Kindle platform, but it will always be a matter of choice, rather than being effectively locked in. I trust Amazon, but now I don't
have to.