Comment on I don't know where I'm going to keep them all

• fossphi@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  How did you go through six? I still rock my first and almost a decade old kindle

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  • Machinist@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Working in machine shops; I often had cycle time to read. Drops killed most of them. I had a few mysteriously die. When I would open them up, there was board and frame corrosion. Metal working fluids and fine metal chips are hell on electronics.

    Dropped a few in the bathtub. Current kindle has been dropped in the bath, but survived. It may die due to corrosion. Battery is getting weak anyhow.

    For years, I didn’t use a cover. I now have one of the official Amazon covers and have gotten better longevity on my former and current kindles. My case has a crack in it due to a drop.

    I consider them a consumable, they’re cheap compared to the knowledge and pleasure they give me.

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  • seaQueue@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    When you use them heavily some of the incremental improvements are nice to have. I swapped my mid 2010s Nook for an ~8in Boox 3y ago or so and it was a huge upgrade.

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    • TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      incremental improvements are nice to have.

      A book is a book

      - Gutenberg

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      • Dagwood222@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Guttenberg never put a Frank Frazetta heroine on a book cover!

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      • Xatolos@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        www.gutenberg.org

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    • fossphi@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      True that. I’m also looking to upgrade to something with a nicer display. I’ve got my eyes on Kobo, since they also seem rather hackable

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