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im thinking of getting an ereader, but cant find many foss devices. i dont plan on connecting it to the internet, so i suppose it doesnt matter if its controlled by amazon right? love to hear your thoughts...

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Kobo devices are the way to go. Easy sideloading, multiple FOSS operating system alternatives, and generally they've got some nice n' cheap options.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)

What do you mean with OS alternatives?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Koreader is one. Plato is another.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Those are glorifies apps that you install on top of the default OS

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