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   Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 08:46:29 JST Nathan Schneider

   • ethanz

   For folks who like "loyal" devices (as @ethanz puts it), e.g. FLOSS, non-spying, etc., any favorite tablets or e-readers?

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 08:51:20 JST Nathan Schneider

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     • a libi rose

     @rose_alibi Yeah... I have long loved my Samsung tablet with LineageOS, but it is starting to fall apart and reject repairs.

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     a libi rose (rose_alibi@post.lurk.org)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 08:51:22 JST a libi rose

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     @ntnsndr 👀 curious to see what folks say, my ancient hacked kindle is nearing its demise...

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 09:03:33 JST Nathan Schneider

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     Already-existing thread list:

     https://social.coop/@skyfaller@jawns.club/113766401743822081
     https://social.coop/@yetiinabox@todon.nl/113761904070922504
     https://bsky.app/profile/tomcritchlow.com/post/3kkyq7j4a2a2s

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     Kyle R. Conway (k_rey_c@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 11:07:39 JST Kyle R. Conway

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     • ethanz

     @ntnsndr @ethanz I really hope you get a good answer here. I've looked for something along these lines probably every six months for the past number of years, and it seems confusing and complicated so I end up just using my phone with all of its compromises or a laptop.

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 12-Jan-2025 01:40:29 JST Nathan Schneider

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     • coatilex

     @coatilex thanks for this. Why is it so hard to have a book without a store in it? My favorite ereader was the Sony reader before they added a store to it. Such a great device.

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     coatilex (coatilex@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 12-Jan-2025 01:40:30 JST coatilex

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     • ethanz

     @ntnsndr @ethanz It's not a perfect match to your requirements but for ebooks I use Calibre on my laptop (available for Linux) and connect that via USB to feed epubs to my PocketBook eInk reader.
     The reader theoretically comes with its own shop but I have never used it and there are no ads. The only reason I sometimes turn on the wifi is to access books from my local library. But you can run this device without ever connecting to the internet without problems.