Comment on Kobo's new color E Ink eReaders start at only $150
MonkderDritte@feddit.de 5 months agoI heard they are quite locked down? Onyx is easy rooted.
Comment on Kobo's new color E Ink eReaders start at only $150
MonkderDritte@feddit.de 5 months agoI heard they are quite locked down? Onyx is easy rooted.
targetx@programming.dev 5 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.
MonkderDritte@feddit.de 5 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.
targetx@programming.dev 5 months ago
I never said anything about Onyx, I don’t own one but have considered them. They look nice and open.
I do own a couple of Kobo devices though and just wanted to say it’s not running Android of any kind. The firmware/OS point you’re trying to make is irrelevant there and I think you know it :)