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Originally Posted by Cactus Chef
My guess would be that Amazon--through their side business of AWS--can afford to be a loss leader on that functionality. Perhaps Kobo cannot.
I have to give kudos to Kobo for at least listening to feedback: lord knows that Sideloaded Sync, Send to Email to Upload, and Multiple Library Card Support were easily the top 3 most frequent requests/complaints I'd see on r/kobo. It's just a shame that the top two will be locked behind a paywall.
I may try it out for a year and see how much I really use it. I am already paying for a premium Instapaper subscription, though, so SaaS-fatigue is fast setting in...
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The same functionality is offered for free by small companies such as Pocketbook.
Syncing your reading position is offered by Koreader, Kobalt, etc. Hobby projects, completely for free.
And I would say that some of the most frequent requests are for them to release BW readers again. But hey, companies know best - we as costumers have no real clue what actually sells, I guess.
People have been asking for a new Kobo Mini for ages, for instance. And with the great success of Xteink and others I think it's fair to say that they missed a great opportunity there.