Reader for multi-user

[JSWolf]

Why is it that no Reader has accounts so multiple users can have their own settings? Like Netflix has different accounts for multiple users.

[LucyOne]

Pocketbook readers offer the possibility to create different user profiles.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by LucyOne

Pocketbook readers offer the possibility to create different user profiles.

That's a feature I think they should all have.

[ilovejedd]

Because it’s not worth the development costs to implement? (not many, if any, users requesting the feature)

Mind, Amazon does support profiles but given the goal is to enforce parental restrictions, you probably can’t just switch profiles on the Kindle on the fly. Don’t have kids so not something I’ve bothered to try.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custo...TST5RQEYKPGLYE

[Bookstooge]

Kindles are the best!

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Why is it that no Reader has accounts so multiple users can have their own settings? Like Netflix has different accounts for multiple users.

Originally Posted by LucyOne

Pocketbook readers offer the possibility to create different user profiles.

I wondered what that feature was all about. I think though, the answer might be that most eReaders are only used by one person.

Some time I might try the profile feature, just to see what it does.

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by Bookstooge

Kindles are the best!

I can't buy and download a book from Kobo or Google Books or eBooks.com directly from my Kindle... I can do that on my Pocketbook.

Then, again, I can't buy a book directly from Amazon on my Pocketbook. So it evens out.

[ottischwenk]

Originally Posted by rcentros

I can't buy and download a book from Kobo or Google Books or eBooks.com directly from my Kindle... I can do that on my Pocketbook.

Then, again, I can't buy a book directly from Amazon on my Pocketbook. So it evens out.

With my Boox or Likebook I can buy and borrow from anywhere.
And that also works with my special Tolinos.

[MGlitch]

I know on at least one of the Nook tablet lines you had the option. I think BN upgraded the eink line to a version of Android that would support it, but I’m not sure if it was ever implemented in that series. I forget which NST was the one that launched with this, I think it was the Nook GlowLight Plus. This also caused issues for Mac users at the time of launch though I believe those issues were resolved in either firmware updates or Apple and Android deciding not to behave like children, I suspect it was the former.

As to why it doesn’t seem to be a widespread feature

1) not enough user demand
2) the limited space is already a complaint despite 8gb storing thousands of books. It’d be even more of one with the idea of sharing that space
3) it’s easier to produce a cheap entry level device so families can have one per member. This has been the case ever since the price for a good eink reader or ok tablet hit around 100 dollars or 50 dollars respectively

Yes I know Jon likely didn’t include tablets in his definition of ereader but they still factor in on this issue. Why spend money on a feature when you can push a device that pulls the customers further in to your ecosystem

[Bookstooge]

Originally Posted by rcentros

I can't buy and download a book from Kobo or Google Books or eBooks.com directly from my Kindle... I can do that on my Pocketbook.

Then, again, I can't buy a book directly from Amazon on my Pocketbook. So it evens out.

That was actually just me tweaking a certain somebody.

But to respond in all seriousness to you, I have never once bought a book through whatever ereader I was using at the time. I have always bought it through my computer and then put it into calibre, where I have always connected my ereader of the time through usb. Call me Battlestar Galactica paranoid, but Skynet won't get me with a terminator ereader

[latepaul]

Because an ereader is a personal device like a phone not a shared device like a TV or computer.

And while multiple people could be watching Netflix on different devices. You're only going to have one person using an eread at a time. For hours maybe.

But let's say you implemented something and people actually used it. Congratulations! You just made it less likely that someone will buy an extra device for their partner or child. And you spent money to do it.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by latepaul

Because an ereader is a personal device like a phone not a shared device like a TV or computer.

And while multiple people could be watching Netflix on different devices. You're only going to have one person using an eread at a time. For hours maybe.

But let's say you implemented something and people actually used it. Congratulations! You just made it less likely that someone will buy an extra device for their partner or child. And you spent money to do it.

But if you only have the money for one Reader, why not make that more shareable?

[crossi]

You could have collections: Your books, My Books. Set your device to sort by collections and your books would be separated. I only know kindles but all the others probably have the same option.

[ottischwenk]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

But if you only have the money for one Reader, why not make that more shareable?

Because the devices are therefore more expensive and of course less purchased.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Why is it that no Reader has accounts so multiple users can have their own settings? Like Netflix has different accounts for multiple users.

Um, Nook has it and has for quite a while now