Which kindle(?) to buy for downloaded books (lemmy.pt)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Waker@lemmy.pt to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Hi!

I want to get more into reading but books can be expensive and bulky.

I thought I'd buy a Kindle (or similar) since those screens are pleasant to read on, but I don't know if there's anything specific I should be looking for piracy wise.

Apparently amazon has added support for epubs so I'm hoping it'll make it easier to load with my own downloaded books?

Also, the version names/models of kindles are crap.

Edit2: I've decided I'll buy a paperwhite kindle (2020 version). I found a 2nd hand one, like new, for 80€ with a screen protector + magnetic cover. This way I'm still not supporting amazon :)

Edit: I seem to have posted this same/similar question yesterday but I have no recollection of doing so. If this is something you're interested have a look at that post.

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[-] BautAufWasEuchAufbaut 2 points 1 year ago

Also, how common is telemetry on e-readers? Like will it send your reading list for targeted advertising somewhere? Because that's what I'd worry about if you download illegally shared e-books

[-] Scrath@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Never heard of telemetry on e-readers.

Personally I keep wifi turned off on mine anyway to preserve battery life and keep forced updates away. The only time I had wifi on was when I set the device up because that requires an account (for kobo readers). There is a quite technical way to bypass that though as far as I know.

Edit: After reading up on it, it seems like there is actually telemetry on kobo devices...

Time to find a way to disable that shit

[-] SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I was curious about the topic myself. In case you didn't have any luck, I found this. Seems pretty simple to solve honestly. Wild that an ereader has telemetry to begin with, but at least it's fixable.

[-] Scrath@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Oh yeah, I found that too. I just wasn't certain whether this still works, considering the original post is from 2011.

[-] gwi1785@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

i never go online with kindle (don't need wiki ) but once i had to. it immediately downloaded anything from the amazon list (of bought/dl media) including reading samples. da** annoying.

i deleted everything on amazon.

then amazon stopped sending actual files when i bought a book. even when specifically transfer to pc or via usb was selected (can't remember the phrase). support was useless. i stopped buying books then.

never found out what the problem was/is.

but i certainly don't put the kindle online and let amazon upgrade the firmware in the background.