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Originally Posted by Quoth
And KOReader, while interesting, is not pre-installed on anything, nor on Playstore. I installed it from Git on my Android devices.
So basically this idea is tested on hardly anything that people commonly use and doesn't work on Pocketbook Android App, which is free and has 5M+ downloads or regular Readera which has 10M+ downloads.
Kindle has about 92% of English language market, with majority reading on the Kindle app (Android, iOS, Mac, Windows, Amazon Fire), mostly on phones or tablets.
Most Amazon eink in use is now able for KFX. All run AWZ3/KF8 except the K1, K2, DX and DXG, which are really old. Likely few K1 or K2 are running due to exhusted battery/cell).
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Playstore has 100M+ for Kindle app downloads. Amazon Fire (one of the best selling tablets) has Kindle App pre-installed.
OTOH, Google claims 1 Billion+ downloads for Google PlayBooks & Audio Books app, yet Google has the lowest sales of any International ebook retailer.
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I wouldn’t say it's exactly untested, I think most jailbroken Kindles and Kobos use KOReader, whether the owners are native English speakers or not. Also, in my opinion, sales figures aren't necessarily the same with the number of books read
There could be many readers reading many pirated ebooks on such jailbroken devices, therefore testing it extensively.