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F**k Amazon, part 2 (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 days ago by Feeee23@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.ml

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Don't throw away your Kindle, Jailbreak it and take back ownership. Make your Kindle even better with KoReader and other apps. If you wanna see whats possible i recomment this Yt video. If you wanna get started here are all instructions: https://kindlemodding.org/ Don't let it scare you it seems complicated but its just a lot of (easy) steps. So definitely possible in <2h.

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[–] libra00@lemmy.world 22 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Honestly I like my non-jailbroken kindle just fine, but I don't buy ebooks through Amazon, I 🏴‍☠️ and use calibre to convert them to Kindle format.

[–] Feeee23@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I've done the same (except the 🏴‍☠️) but after reading the the koreader docs i found it gives you just so much more. For example i can see my calibre library from koreader and download any book i own withiut using my pc. And because ive it on an server i can do it from everywhere.

[–] libra00@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

So much more what? You know what I want from an ereader? It presents text in a readable format and lets me turn the page/scroll/etc. Those are pretty slim requirements which even the kindle reader software meets, and anything beyond that is honestly probably just extraneous for me.

The downloading books thing is kinda handy, but my PC doesn't have bluetooth or wifi, so that wouldn't work for me anyway. I honestly don't leave the house very much (I'm disabled) so I'm rarely far from my PC/USB cables.

[–] LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I’m with you. I’m not a big Amazon fan but I’ve had a Kindle since the before times and I only read pirated books. I’m able to email them to my Kindle which is handy and the Kindle meets my very simple needs.

I looked at replacing it because I’d prefer to have all my devices using one standard charger (USB C) and my Kindle still uses micro USB. In the end I bought an adapter instead.

[–] libra00@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Yeah that's my only complaint with the Kindle Oasis, is it still uses microUSB.

[–] doodledup@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

"Came here to say I pirate."

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And?

[–] doodledup@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

I don't pirate. Just came here to say that. Thanks for considering my contribution to the thread.