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Originally Posted by Apollyon202
I mean by user experience, using koreader as a reference and compare the differences between the two. Like what was the reading experience in 2015 with nickel and koreader, and what is today.
Koreader is free and open source, while to use Nickel you (probably) have to pay for it in some way, as you can only use it on kobo hardware.
I use Nickel, and I like it, but why we still can't have a clock on the reader by default? They could just add a toggle for it. There were reading awards, which broke like around 2018, then disappeared from the firmware a couple of years ago. (This one is not a big deal though, but was cute and may motivated people to read more.) So small things like that could've been improved, but they haven't. We have almost more toggles in user patches than actual settings on a kobo reader.
Of course it is still better than amazon who only cares about DRM.
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It is the same with all brands, not only Kobo. The default reading program (I mean for both epubs and kepubs) on Kobos actually has more features than the default reading programs on most other brands. Developing the software costs money; so, once it's good enough for most customers, it's usually left as it is.
Comparison with KOReader is not really valid. KOReader is not a commercial product, it is developed by enthusiasts. Kobo and other ereader sellers have to pay their developers in addition to all their other costs.
Would I like their software to have more features? Of course, who wouldn't. Is it likely to happen? Nope.