Yes I will jailbreak it to get KUAL and KOreader. Thanks kovid and open source.

  • Entertainmeonly (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 months ago

    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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        5 months ago

        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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          5 months ago

          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?

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            5 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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        5 months ago

        Ill be honest i just read in the light. Or use a small 50c book light. Its a decade old ebook reader. It works and still lasts about a week with a very old battery.