Do you like to read? I can take over your Kindle with an e-book

Kindle makes it possible to read in the dark and without changing positions. Also if you read a lot you aren’t piling up a bunch of physical books you aren’t likely to ever read again.

It seems that the sales people have added a multitude of unwanted functions: Dictionary, highlights, notes, and so many others.

When I attempt to turn the page it will frequently jump into some unwanted function.

And often it will leap to a random page, leaving no way to get back to where I was. And the functions are entirely different between books and magazines.

Just yesterday I lost my place in a book and spent half an hour trying to get back. Eventually I deleted the book entirely and abandoned the Kindle.

From now on I'll be using a tablet to read on. Additionally the tablet can display PDF's which are my main interest.

I cold started the app just now. It takes less than half a second to get me into the book after showing me the cover art of the book. It’s about the same as any other app on my phone. Certainly doesn’t take “forever”, although I concede my phone is about a year old. It could be different if you’re using the app on a much older device.

Seems harsh to call it a “pathetic joke” or “frankly garbage”. I was just reading a book on my phone so I checked the “laughably few display options”. I see the ability to customise font (8 fonts, serif, sans-serif, dyslexic friendly), font size, page colour, the option to update page colour according to system theme, line spacing, alignment, orientation lock, continuous or page scrolling and 8 other options.

It’s better to say that your specific need to change the font colour isn’t catered to. But there’s no need to talk in such harsh terms. Get a hold of yourself.

But instead Amazon have gone for simplicity. That isn't laziness, it's a deliberate feature, and I like it.

It's tempting to jam more features in a product, but surprisingly it ends up being equivalent to removing them, because it becomes hopeless for the average user to find anything. I think it's a good thing the Kindle app hasn't fallen into that trap.

I spend many hours per week on a 13'' Android tablet with EPD and BlueTooth keyboard, and work on it proficiently.

Surely you can use Moon+Reader there, and much much more.

I like to read on these so the UX outside the reading mode is minimal and perfectly justifiable. Nothing fancy but it gets the job done.