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Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more

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572 points bookofjoe | 1 comments | 16 Oct 24 13:52 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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sourcepluck ◴[16 Oct 24 22:54 UTC] No.41864702[source]▶
Using the wisdom of the crowd here: what is the best ereader for tinkering? I'm browsing the answers here looking for that and I don't know if anything actually fits the bill. Something with Android, tablet-type machines, seems to be the answer? Is there nothing better?
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alwayslikethis ◴[16 Oct 24 22:57 UTC] No.41864721[source]▶
Get a Kobo, which model depends on your needs. A Kindle is never yours since Amazon can push arbitrary updates wipe your stuff. Don't buy Boox either, as they include a lot of bloatware, not to mention they're blatantly disregarding GPL.

Kobos are mostly just arm linux machines. You can install KOReader on them for a better reading experience.

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evanreichard ◴[17 Oct 24 03:03 UTC] No.41866049[source]▶
FWIW I've been running a jailbroken PW5 for a few years now always connected to the internet without any issues dealing with updates.

I did rename the ota binary. I'm aware that there's always the possibility of Amazon maybe having some other way to push an update, but I haven't had any issues so far.

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1. alwayslikethis ◴[17 Oct 24 11:26 UTC] No.41868557[source]▶
Good for you, but you can't count on buying a new device and having it be jailbreakable. For someone deciding what to buy it's not a good option. It's also a lot of work and worrying over something you bought and paid for.