“ Amazon’s biggest rival in the e-reader space has formed an official partnership with iFixit to provide repair kits and guides for its latest models.

[terrasays@mastodon.social]

@dadbod

I’ve had a Kobo Clara BW for about a year and with the exception of its VERY long boot-up time (from powered off) it’s pretty solid. Not sure about its repairability though. Just picked up an Xteink X4 and it similarly doesn’t look physically repairable but the form factor is unbeatable.

[lrt_writes@mstdn.party]

@dadbod great news!

[lrt_writes@mstdn.party]

@contrasocial same!

[dadbod@pdx.social]

@the5thColumnist I love mine too.

[ash_crow@mastodon.social]

@raymaccarthy @HollieK72 @christymarx @dadbod there's also Vivlio (French)

[kelson@notes.kvibber.com]

@dadbod The Kobo Clara is hands down the best single-ecosystem e-reader I've ever used, and I'm glad to know they're intentionally repairable now.

I've also got a Boox Go 7 which runs every ebook app I've thrown at it. They're not made to be home-repairable, but I had a good experience sending another Boox tablet in for a broken screen last year. (It took longer than expected, but I only had to cover the cost of shipping.)

[jessamyn@glammr.us]

@dadbod I have a different model Kobo and I have to say it was actually pretty easy to pop open and do some work on the inside.

[dadbod@pdx.social]

@ZenHeathen @dandrumheller https://kindlemodding.org/

[aphowell@wandering.shop]

@dadbod That's nice. (I love my Kobo, I hate Amazon, and while I don't want to put faith in companies it's refreshing when one refrains from being evil. Especially since they could've still been better than Amazon by doing way less.)

[annecavicchi@mindly.social]

@dadbod love my Kobo!

[canuckduff@mas.to]

@dadbod Friend gave me his monochrome e-ink Kobo when he upgraded and I kept it going another 10 years. {wistful sigh}

[xinit@mastodon.coffee]

@sol_hsa
It seems like a choice to place the battery in a spot that's inaccessible to the vast majority of users. Real repairable devices would have easily replaceable points of failure like battery and storage.
@cian @dadbod

[xinit@mastodon.coffee]

@dandrumheller
I moved to KoReader on my phone, and it works well. It feels a bit like its menu structure was designed by a committee of people that had never seen a menu before, though.

@ZenHeathen @dadbod

[gothodile@furs.social]

@dadbod my Kobo has been very good to me and does everything I want a reader to do. only complaint is that there's no SD card slot on the model I like.

[raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie]

@Ash_Crow @HollieK72 @christymarx @dadbod
Vivlio is really an online bookshop, not a ereader maker. Their Inkpad4 is a Pocketbook Inkpad4

[stevenlawsonphotography@mastoart.social]

@dadbod I totally agree with your points about Amazon Kindles but Jesus H Christ, that website your article is on is appalling - I tried reading it on an iPad and gave up when it repeatedly updated and randomly jumped about, meaning I kept losing my place. How NOT to engage people with your web design. Sheesh.

[dandrumheller@mstdn.social]

@xinit you're totally correct on the menu structure. I do have KoReader on my phone as well, but I think it's a bit too much on a phone - I like Readest on the phone better (which can sync reading position with KoReader).

The recent SimpleUI plug-in for KoReader is getting a lot of attention for making a user friendly homepage setup, though this doesn't really improve the menus much, yet.

@ZenHeathen @dadbod

[xinit@mastodon.coffee]

@dandrumheller
I moved from Moon+ mostly for the syncing with booklore / grimmory and its better OPDS handling. It is weird that some menu functions can't be mapped, but mostly I can stay out of the menus.
@ZenHeathen @dadbod

[jhb17@mastodon.online]

@dadbod

I moved from Kindle to Kobo a long time ago. Then when Amazon prohibited side-loading of books I moved on from Amazon.

[dandrumheller@mstdn.social]

@xinit that makes sense...I used Moon+ when I was reading only on my phone. Moved away when I got my first dedicated ereader, and soon after moved to to self hosting my library. Moon+ I think still has the best actual reader UI for a phone app. But I almost never read on my phone anymore.

As to the menus, also agree - I have most of the things I use regularly in quick menus.

I do tend to constantly tinker with crap though so never truly stay away

@ZenHeathen @dadbod