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submitted 4 days ago by mama9243@literature.cafe to c/books@lemmy.world

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I believe the solution for all this Amazon Kindle shenanigan is not about buying a Kobo. It's about how we do not allow corporations to determine how we protest. Responsible consumption combined with political and social activism is a more sustainable way to challenge corporate power.

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[–] voaw@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (4 children)

I have had a terrible experience with kobo btw. $450 for a stupid ereader that, three years later, is glitchy and slow af, doesnt sync to my phone or ipad kobo app if i want to read on those, does not hold a charge, and a lot of ebooks I bought when I first got my kobo no longer work (either some kind of formatting error or just blank pages)! Also, they literally have ZERO customer service except for a team of like two Indian people who will give you the runaround for days. Kobo is an absolute scam. I use my ipad mini with the PocketBook app (there are plenty of others that are just as good) and just download ebooks for free from Anna’s Archive or get from my libraries on libby.

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Z-Library.

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

450 bucks is a hard no from me lol. I’ll just read on my phone. Even Apple Books accepts my pirated and owned books into my library.

[–] steel_for_humans@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hm. All you said is opposite of my experience with Kobo. I have a Forma bought in 2019 that does not lag, has great battery life (after almost 7 years) and all my ebooks work. I have some that I purchased directly from Kobo, some from ebooks.com and some from local stores (no DRM). The Kobo software always has been snappy, I always tell people that Kobo has quality build AND good software, unlike PocketBook (I had InkPad 3 Pro and Era) which lacks in that regard.

I agree that sync tends to be flaky between multiple devices.

I bought a Kobo Libra Colour a couple months ago because I wanted to try a color e-ink reader. Now I have two and I couldn't tell which one is better because each has some pros and cons over the other model. :)

I had multiple Kindles before switching to PocketBook and Kobo.

I wonder if your particular device had some issues or maybe it was a particular model. Forma was the high end Kobo device, now discontinued.

[–] voaw@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

That’s good. I was inclined to think i got a dud but my experience trying to read my vast purchased kobo library on the kobo app on my iphone, ipad, and boox palma 2 (the app is basically unusable for me and my account now), plus my terrible customer service experiences with kobo, have left me with an overwhelming idea that kobo as a company sucks and their products are inferior to kindle products.

[–] hancock@retrolemmy.com 3 points 3 days ago

I installed koreader on my kobo. Its lighting fast now.