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Originally Posted by Sirtel
KOReader is not to everyone's taste. I've tried it and found it lacking in some areas important to me - no library manager (I've heard they're planning to add it) and very slow with large multi-volume omnibus editions, of which I have many. No, I don't want to split them up. So I use the stock reader instead of KOReader. Patched stock does everything I want and I'm not worried about someone seeing what I read - my reading tastes are boring. They're (whoever they are) welcome to my lowbrow genre fiction collection.
Yes, I've lived under a government that banned some genres and many books. If history ever repeats itself, then I'll behave accordingly. At the moment it's not necessary.
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As for library management I have Calibre to do that. It's faster and more convenient. Previously I was also prefering the stock reader as it's a bit cleaner way to get on my reads, but I gave KOReader another try and it worked. It cost around an hour to figure out how it works and set it up but was worth it. Now I prefer this over Nickel, as I have way more options to customize the reading screen, page turning is faster, I can leave my books in epub and like the utilites it has (reading and battery statistics etc).
About privacy, it's not just about to prevent who sees what I read and who doesn't, it's the principle.
One can do this with everything else, there are lots of alternatives and most of time it is even better and more convenient than what Big Tech can offer.
If you give up on your privacy and principles, you are welcoming 1984 with open arms.