Thread: Barriers to Replacement OS?
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Old 07-19-2025, 10:27 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by Sirtel View Post
Given that the main purpose of Kobo devices is reading and they're not well suited for anything else due to hardware limitations, I'd guess there just isn't enough interest for creating and maintaining a different OS. You can already load alternative reading applications easily enough. What would be the point of a different OS for an ereader?
Exactly.

You might as well change the OS for a DVD player.
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