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Originally Posted by John F
And you are moving the goal posts.
Either stick to your universal statement, or add some "I"s to your posts.
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Did you ever actually add a wireless charging receiver to your ereader and then figure out how to mount the wireless charger so that you could hold the ereader without having the wireless charger move out of position every few seconds? Did you personally find that doubling of the weight of the ereader did not make it harder to hand hold.
I've been there and done that. As a proof of concept, it worked. As something usable while holding the reader in your hand, totally useless. Having a power bank with a USB cable was just as portable and did not require the reader to hold the weight of the ereader, wireless receiver and wireless transmitter/power bank while reading. The USB cable does add some weight but since the USB-C to USB-C 1.5 metre cable I use with my power bank weighs 26 grams but a lot of that weight is carried by whatever surface I place the power bank on, to me, it's not a big deal.
Considering that the Kobo Forma without a case weighs 197 grams and the Kobo Sage without a case weighs 241 grams. Yet that 44 grams seems to be very noticeable to many. Now you are suggesting doubling the weight and using a more wasteful charging system (wired charging averages 90-95% efficiency while wireless charging runs about 60-80%, vampire energy usage (power consumed by the charger with no device connected) is even more favourable to a wired charger) as if that was a good idea.
There are pretty good reasons why Amazon's wireless charger for the Kindle Paperwhite SE/Kindle Colorsoft SE is also a reading stand.