Beginning in late 2022, you'll no longer be able to send MOBI files to Kindle | Hacker News Reader

Beginning in late 2022, you'll no longer be able to send MOBI files to Kindle

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Gentle reminder that proprietary software harms your freedom and takes advantage of you [0]. Consider supporting devices based on FLOSS, like PineNote [1].

[0] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-even-more-impor...

[1] https://pine64.org/pinenote

I might, if it ever ships. And, is in a bare usable state.

Which is why I said "supporting", not "using".

The thing booted with a base GUI a year ago.

If it can handle even a basic task, such as a simple ereader, so many hackers could buy it, use it, and also improve it.

They aren't even taking orders yet.

Should I ... what?

Anyhow, I agree with youe general statement, just not about this paricular device.

> Should I ... what?

Join the development? Spread the word? Donate to the operating systems running on it?

AFAIK PineNote can handle basic tasks, even if it might not be stable yet: https://www.pine64.org/2022/01/15/january-update-more-news/.

Also you can order it: https://pine64.com/product/pinenote-developer-edition/.

Which is why your advice was impractical, not practical.

Is did not suppose to be a practical advice but more a suggestion to help the project develop.

No thanks. I'll take the path of least resistance and see where I am led. Because I would rather be slowly enslaved than inconvenienced.

I laughed. This goes to my favorites now.

Not everyone is in the highly paid tech bubble. Kindle's are €89.

See other ways to help in my other comment.

And used Kindles/Kobos are even cheaper

At least they started accepting epub so it's not that bad. Before that I had to convert them to mini beforehand, epub is more popular format anyway.

The latest kindles offer a terrible user experience compared to the original - the device has just become yet another way to force ads and shopping portals into people's faces.

Are there any e-readers which do offer a simple, minimalist interface? I've given up hope of finding a low-distraction alternative to an Android tablet for reading PDFs, but have never had the opportunity to try any e-ink devices other than Kindles and Remarkables (which are too expensive and seem like imminent abandonware given the backlash against their subscription model).

Kobo, they have a variety of sizes, have pretty minimal interface and work great. They also support overdrive for libraries. https://www.kobo.com/ereaders

Boox and Kubo have nice readers. I have a Boox Poke and it's pretty nice e-ink that isn't too expensive. I personally just use a Kindle Fire 10 HD for reading though.

Music to my ears! I built an open source application for reading books and comics and mobi has been a huge pain as there aren't many libraries out there that support it, let alone that are cross platforms for all the architectures/OS I support.

Edit: www.kavitareader.com is the software

This is a great news. I build a service[0] to send articles & online content to Kindle and converting to MOBI sometimes messes up the formatting.

[0]: https://ktool.io

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