Name a single technological breakthrough in the past decade that has improved your life in some way
I feel as if technology has stagnated, all that are left are grifts or just make everything terrible, like AI. I was thinking Zoom calls maybe? The tech has definitely improved since Skype.
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EPUBs and eReaders, but not fucking Kindle
It's weird how Kindles seem to me like they're kinda frozen in time, in pretty much every single way I can think of. Mine is ten years old and still works just like it did when I purchased it, and I'm a pretty heavy user. I checked if there was a fancy new version so that I could think about upgrading mine, but no, there's just about zero real difference between the latest Kindle and mine. Maybe the interface is a little snappier, maybe the resolution is better, but I'm not using it for anything that even requires speed or a high-res screen.
Even the price doesn't seem to have changed all that much over the decade, which is crazy considering the exchange rate to my local currency should now make this thing at least twice as expensive. A comparatively good cellphone nowadays costs easily four or five times as much as it would have ten years ago, considering inflation and all that.
I think this is a good thing, though, not complaining. But still, it's just a weird little gadget that doesn't seem to follow the same trends you see happening with other tech products.
I use Kobo, which allows me to import epubs with no stress. Fuck I'm not gonna support Amazon now.
Absolutely, if you don't have one already, don't buy a Kindle, fuck Amazon. It's pretty easy to pirate with a Kindle, though. Just email yourself the epub to your Kindle email and you're golden.
Even the price doesn't seem to have changed all that much over the decade
They're heavily subsidized to get people into the Amazon ebook ecosystem, where they can make massive profits through not having to provide a physical object.
Well then I'm happy I bought it at a loss to Amazon because I exclusively read pirated books and classics that are sold on the Kindle store for like two bucks lol
God yes. I have a small eReader that runs custom android and I can just do so much on it. It's so good.
What's the brand, may I ask?
It's a Boox. I think they discontinued the model I have, but I've heard all of their stuff is pretty good.