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jsheard ◴[] No.41859923[source]
The color model is uncharacteristically expensive for Kindle at $280, more than the color Kobos which are $220 for the same 7" size (which also has physical buttons and stylus support) or just $150 for the smaller 6" size. Kindles are usually the cheaper option, at the expense of being less amenable to sideloading and jailbreaking than Kobos are.
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BlindEyeHalo ◴[] No.41867402[source]
> being less amenable to sideloading and jailbreaking than Kobos are.

jailbreaking sure but what is the issue with sideloading on kindles? You can either email them which is very practical for third party services that support it (I have a digital magazine subscription that supports this for example) or just drag and drop via USB or a manager like calibre.

I have never had any issues getting documents on the Kindle.

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1. diffeomorphism ◴[] No.41871003[source]
TLDR: Kindles just plain do not work with DRMed library books

https://www.giga.de/artikel/onleihe-mit-amazon-kindle-nutzen...

So the rule of thumb is that Kindles work well with Amazon books and very badly with everything else. Vice versa for non-kindle e-readers