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C-Loftus ◴[] No.41865595[source]
There is so much market disruption potential for e-readers.

Every one has a pretty big tradeoff if you are looking to use the e-reader as a general study tool (i.e. using it with Anki for language learning)

- boox devices run Android 11, illegally violate the GPL, and have poor customer service

- meebook devices are too underpowered and also run Android 11

- Kindles are too restrictive and anti-consumer; also does not have an Android option

- Kobo is probably the best, but still no Android option

- PineNote or Linux options are too expensive and unstable

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1. starky ◴[] No.41866927[source]
Apparently the reason that all the Android based ereaders use Android 11 is due to the eink driver not supporting anything newer. Though it looks like they have moved to Android 12 on the latest devices so they must have figured something out.