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View Poll Results: How important to you is having WiFi in an E-reader device?
Really important (core feature) 17 36.17%
Somewhat importat (I use it but it's optional) 16 34.04%
Not important (Never use it) 14 29.79%
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Old 09-12-2026, 02:48 PM   #31
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Personally I like the old-fashioned MR. I detest modern social media and never use it if I can help it (which is most of the time). I don't even use Reddit. MR is the only social site I regularly visit.

I do know my preferences are a bit weird
You are not the sole that I'd read that gave a praise for the "old fashioned" style of the forum.
Personally, for what it counts, I like it too just like that.

I turn on wifi on Kobo to download the books I buy from its store, onto the Pocketbook I won't need it, as I transfer the books, and if I recall it correctly I can put newest firmware into too, just throughout USB.
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Old 09-12-2026, 03:10 PM   #32
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Personally I like the old-fashioned MR.
Same here. I actually dread the thought of the forums changing

I really detest forums/social media sites that try to force "relevant" or trending content in my face. I want to see the stuff I want to see in chronological order, and I'll decide what's relevant to me.
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Old 09-12-2026, 04:08 PM   #33
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Personally I like the old-fashioned MR. I detest modern social media and never use it if I can help it (which is most of the time). I don't even use Reddit. MR is the only social site I regularly visit.

I do know my preferences are a bit weird
You don't want Mobile Read to harass you to use the mobile app constantly and be signed in??? Or have endless scrolling of repeated content???
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Old 09-12-2026, 09:10 PM   #34
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I'm with Sirtel. MR works fine. If it ain't broke (or insecure), leave it. I hate GUI changes just to look modern.
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Old 09-13-2026, 09:02 AM   #35
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Me too! It makes me feel like it's 2007 again!

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Personally I like the old-fashioned MR. I detest modern social media and never use it if I can help it (which is most of the time). I don't even use Reddit. MR is the only social site I regularly visit.

I do know my preferences are a bit weird
No they aren't! I'm literally the same. I don't have any social media accounts, I end up on Reddit occasionally when I'm looking something up but I don't have an account there either. It's not weird!
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Old 09-13-2026, 03:11 PM   #36
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About syncing the library books and dictionaries over WiFi, do you use the solutions the e-reader makers offers (kindle, kobo platforms) or are they third party / self hosted solutions?
A lot of people use self-hosted solutions like CWA for this purpose
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Old 09-14-2026, 04:35 PM   #37
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My WiFi is turned off most of the time, but it's nice to have when I want to borrow a book from the library directly from the PocketBook Touch HD3. I picked the middle option, "Somewhat important." I don't allow automatic updates. I think my PocketBook is now about 4 or 5 updates behind.
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Old 09-14-2026, 08:59 PM   #38
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I mainly use library apps like Hoopla and Libby so they require wifi.
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I have used it but only for ebooks I purchase from the Nook Store. Otherwise, I just prefer to connect my ebook reader to my computer via USB cable and use Calibre to manage my ebook library. As far as purchasing ebooks, I prefer to buy them from Smashwords if it is possible.
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