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Thank you Kovid Goyal (Calibre) (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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Yes I will jailbreak it to get KUAL and KOreader. Thanks kovid and open source.

A kindle showing Enshittification book.
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[–] 11 points 7 months ago (6 children)

It really is. I baught a second one a few years after they stopped making them. So I've got a grey one and a black one. I love i can hold them like a book and the svreen doesn't move. Plus no backlight means it's easy on yhe eyes.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    No backlight? Can't use it in the dark

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    There are snap-on small lights that would illuminate the Kindle screen, rather than glow in your eyes. People used to read books too without a backlight through various ways.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    Yeah but thats additional item you need to have with you.

    Not sure what you mean by no backlight is easy for the eyes. Is it really bad?

    EDIT: not you, but the person i replied to

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago*

    True, I have 3 book lights scrambled at different rooms in my home, and still managed to forget all of them for a recent trip.

    But the only more modern reader I've used (Onyx boox, white backlight) did its job at night, but still felt a bit straining for my eyes. Maybe it gets better with a yellow-ish or orange backlight, these feel better for me on the clip-on lights, but I haven't tried one for backlight.

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