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View Poll Results: Why do you prefer Kobo ereaders to Amazon ereaders? | |||
Better store | 7 | 4.19% | |
Better hardware | 41 | 24.55% | |
More innovative products | 34 | 20.36% | |
More open and customizable | 120 | 71.86% | |
Better software | 72 | 43.11% | |
Better support | 9 | 5.39% | |
Better price | 20 | 11.98% | |
Library access | 53 | 31.74% | |
More accessible in my country | 19 | 11.38% | |
I disagree with the direction Amazon's is taking with ereaders | 51 | 30.54% | |
I disagree with Amazon's policy directions in general | 74 | 44.31% | |
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10-24-2021, 04:58 PM | #16 | |
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Personally I don't have a strong preference either for Kindle or Kobo; I have both and like both. |
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10-24-2021, 05:02 PM | #17 |
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I think Kobo are getting much stronger, and Amazon are resting on their laurels. I think Amazon are dumbing down the software so it’s easy for everyone to use, nothing wrong with that, and if you never buy, or want to read a book outside of the Amazon ecosystem, then it’s fine, but for me I want ease of managing all types of ebooks, from all sorts of retailers, and it’s just easier on a Kobo using Calibre.
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10-24-2021, 05:04 PM | #18 |
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My biggest gripe with Amazon devices is their continuous 'adding another brick to their walled garden wall'
The main reason I go back to a business is they offer what I want, at a fair price (no necessarily the cheapest) and not because I am locked into their store. Ads before/after a book, OK (I paid for Ad free). Commercials While Reading (This is what has gone wrong with US TV, Cable and even YouTube. MINUTES of commercials, multiple times a show) |
10-24-2021, 05:34 PM | #19 |
Diligent dilettante
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I got in on what is now YouTube Premium when it was an invite-only beta of YouTube Red and have kept it at the original price of around $6US. Netflix, Disney+ etc have no appeal, but my ad-free YT is a great investment and such a habit that I forget YT even HAS ads until I click on a YT link when not logged in
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10-24-2021, 05:45 PM | #20 | |
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You would not be buying another Kindle or Kobo if you did not like your current device enough. |
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10-24-2021, 07:15 PM | #21 |
cacoethes scribendi
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I chose "More open and customizable", but like many of the other options I am not certain just how true that is because I have never owned a Kindle, and never purchased from Amazon.
My strongest reason would probably be something like: I like competition and the best way to foster that is to make sure smaller (but still worthy) competitors get supported. The fact that Kobo (in my experience) make excellent hardware, have a large selection of books, and do price matching, all adds up to making them a company I have been very happy to deal with. It makes my "supporting the competition" choice very easy to live with. Yes, I do have concerns about Amazon as a company, so maybe I should have ticked that last option too, but I'm not really that familiar with their policies. |
10-24-2021, 07:40 PM | #22 |
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I only select "Better software" and even that I hesitated over. The option that is missing is "Because I bought one ages ago and can't be bothered changing"
That is at least partly it. I bought a Touch nearly 10 years ago. That was because I looked at all the one that were available and decided it was the one I liked most. Then a sale happened that was about 30% off and I got a Kobo. Now, I prefer the Kobo software, but, I have no real idea whether it is better. Looking at the list of choices:
Overall, the main reason I prefer Kobo over Amazon is inertia. I do like them, and nothing Amazon has done so far has given me any reason to change. But, I have never used a Kindle for more than five minutes at a time. And most usage has been in a shop. |
10-24-2021, 08:32 PM | #23 |
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10-25-2021, 05:33 AM | #24 |
the rook, bossing Never.
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Best support is not needing it. I don't expect to need other than the 2 to 6 year "SOGA" replacement or refund or repair with seller and hope not to need that either when I buy essentially an appliance like an oven, Bluray player, fridge, freezer or dedicated ereader.
I hope not to need support on the HW of a phone, tablet or laptop. I don't remember any ordinary retail product having "good support" in recent years. Except many years ago you could easily replace a kettle or toaster element or get stuff repaired in a local repair shop. Bigger dealers had real service departments. |
10-25-2021, 06:00 AM | #25 | |
the rook, bossing Never.
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There are only minor variations possible on ereaders and the improvements are mostly just the eink panel. Options like audio (jack or BT), buttons, SD card slots and waterproofing are not innovations: 3.5mm jack socket and digital Audio: 1980s Bluetooth: 1998 Touch: Capacitive, IR, Resistive, digitiser are all at least 1980s. Front light: Glass (later plastic) light "pipes" to illuminate from the front from 1930s. SD card: 1999, based on 1997 MMC. eInk/ePaper: Xerox in 1970s. Sony ereader based on eInk 2004, A watch 2005. Kindle was late 2007. Sony Frontlight & Touchscreen in 2008. Waterproofing: Both by thin coating and package design are over 70 years old. Any improvement in eink "whiteness" without a frontlight has been marginal since 2016 (Carta & Mobius). Almost all competitors to eInk company have been bought and buried. There hasn't been real ereader innovation since about 2008, just incremental panel brightness/contrast quality improvements till about 2016. Then incremental increases in resolution and size. Last edited by Quoth; 10-25-2021 at 06:02 AM. |
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10-25-2021, 07:43 AM | #26 |
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epub support is a must have for me.
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10-25-2021, 09:22 AM | #27 |
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Better support (IMHO) is given on MR for both Kobo and Kindle.
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10-25-2021, 09:25 AM | #28 |
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Sony was also the first company to adopt RMSDK and brought ePub to the forefront. They also were the first with a touch screen using IR.
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10-25-2021, 11:43 AM | #29 |
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10-25-2021, 11:46 AM | #30 | |
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