Pdfs/epubs on a laptop can be handy if you are making anki cards as you go
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.
There's more than one country and more than one language in the world. I use these features multiple times a day.
IIRC, Kobo latest readers have the buttons too.
Pre-touch Kindles[1] had exactly this. IMO they had struck a perfect balance between form and function, and it’s the best kindle I owned, before touch ruined it.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle#/media/File%3A...
Does anyone know?
But the most common cause for me is when trying to tap the right part of the screen to move to the next page, I end up tapping a small link instead that jumps deeper into the book. Very annoying when it happens.
Always works on my non-updated 2012 Paperwhite, which incidentally doesn't have this bug (or any bug).