Comment on Kobo's new color E Ink eReaders start at only $150

• targetx@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s not open source but it is easily rooted and you can install custom add-ons or even replace the os.

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  • Viper_NZ@lemmy.nz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It happily uses epub and not proprietary formats.

    The only downside to my Kobo is Amazon’s walled garden exclusive books being unavailable.

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    • nick@midwest.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I finally figured out calibre and dedrm. Spent a weekend downloading each Amazon ebook purchase, one by one, and stripping out the drm. Now I have 500 sone epubs in my library that I can use some books or a kobo to read.

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    • Damage@feddit.it ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Honestly I never felt the need to modify my Kobo Aura, it just works, I load books by connecting it to my laptop, and that’s it.

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  • tal@lemmy.today ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • Scrof@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Reading from a tablet, phone or a laptop is pure savagery! Ebook is a must have if you’re any kind of prolific book reader.

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  • wagoner@infosec.pub ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Replace the os with what?

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  • MonkderDritte@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I heard they are quite locked down? Onyx is easy rooted.

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    • targetx@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There is NickelMenu and you can telnet into it. You can also install other OS like KOReader easily, it doesn’t have a locked bootloader or anything like that. So imho that’s pretty accessible and open.

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      • MonkderDritte@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ok? On Onyx you can install any Store and app you want, bootloader is unlocked per default. Though it has lots of telemetry (Kobo probably too) which is why you should root and cleanup.

        Btw, Kobo is a reader app and maybe a launcher but not firmware/OS.

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  • casmael@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Huh I didn’t know that guess they just run a version of android

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    • targetx@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No it’s not running Android.

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      • MonkderDritte@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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• politicalcustard@beehaw.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sorry, you are correct. I researched plans to get a Kobo last year and I guess what I found out morphed from a rooted Kobo with Koreader into Kobo being open source. My apologies.

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