Gentle reminder that proprietary software harms your freedom and takes advantage of you [0]. Consider supporting devices based on FLOSS, like PineNote [1].
The latest kindles offer a terrible user experience compared to the original - the device has just become yet another way to force ads and shopping portals into people's faces.
Are there any e-readers which do offer a simple, minimalist interface? I've given up hope of finding a low-distraction alternative to an Android tablet for reading PDFs, but have never had the opportunity to try any e-ink devices other than Kindles and Remarkables (which are too expensive and seem like imminent abandonware given the backlash against their subscription model).
Kobo, they have a variety of sizes, have pretty minimal interface and work great. They also support overdrive for libraries.
https://www.kobo.com/ereaders
Boox and Kubo have nice readers. I have a Boox Poke and it's pretty nice e-ink that isn't too expensive. I personally just use a Kindle Fire 10 HD for reading though.
Music to my ears! I built an open source application for reading books and comics and mobi has been a huge pain as there aren't many libraries out there that support it, let alone that are cross platforms for all the architectures/OS I support.
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[1] https://pine64.org/pinenote
If it can handle even a basic task, such as a simple ereader, so many hackers could buy it, use it, and also improve it.
They aren't even taking orders yet.
Should I ... what?
Anyhow, I agree with youe general statement, just not about this paricular device.
Join the development? Spread the word? Donate to the operating systems running on it?
AFAIK PineNote can handle basic tasks, even if it might not be stable yet: https://www.pine64.org/2022/01/15/january-update-more-news/.
Also you can order it: https://pine64.com/product/pinenote-developer-edition/.
[0]: https://ktool.io
Are there any e-readers which do offer a simple, minimalist interface? I've given up hope of finding a low-distraction alternative to an Android tablet for reading PDFs, but have never had the opportunity to try any e-ink devices other than Kindles and Remarkables (which are too expensive and seem like imminent abandonware given the backlash against their subscription model).
Edit: www.kavitareader.com is the software