Kobo announces its first color e-readers
Kobo announces its first color e-readers
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/14277930
Kobo announces its first color e-readers
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with extras like [..] no lockscreen ads
What the fuck? Why is that an extra not just the default? It's great that this product isn't riddled with ads, but that's like saying it's great a burger is not made of human shit; it's crazy that anyone would tolerate a shit-burger in the first place.
Maybe ads are normal in the e-reader space for some reason, but that's just insane to me.
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I think it's only Amazon that does lock screen ads but since they have two-thirds of the market share globally (and a near monopoly in the US where the Verge is based) then whatever they do in the e-reader space is "normal"
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Just talking here in the US, the only competitor Amazon has really had here is Nook which also has lock screen ads
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Kobo is also available in the US
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I know but I meant as popularity wise. I don't think most people outside the Hard-core privacy/tech focused crowd know it.
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Yeah it's a big contrast to continental Europe where if you go into any electronics shop they'll have Kobos on display as prominent as Kindles.
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what a damn shame
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You can buy "discounted" Kindle e-readers with ads, or you can buy them without ads for full price.
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There's no discount there, you're just accepting their marketing bullshit. That sounds to me like the company is double-dipping by shoving ads in your face and making the product objectively worse, then charging even more for a "premium" model where the only difference is they haven't intentionally downgraded it.
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Hence the quotation marks.
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Lock screen in a ebook reader is not something you are bound to see much often since I would hope you have some kind of protection over it.
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