• lordziv@lemmy.nz
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    4 hours ago

    I’m genuinely curious what benefits jailbreaking one gives. I’ve had a Paperwhite for over 5 years and I’ve never purchased a single book for it. All I need is a local collection of .epubs and Calibre and I’m away. I keep the Wi-Fi off constantly and have never signed into it once.

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      3 hours ago

      Kopub supports Calibre wirelessly, so there’s no need to ever mess with a USB cable again. It also has no telemetry, does not nag about unregistereded device and, doesn’t force you to give up Wi‑Fi(there are quite a few websites designed for ereaders). It can read RSS, natively supports EPUB, and offers a custom dictionary, custom screensaver, custom status bar, and a better horizontal mode, including columns.

      I’ve been avoding messing with my Kindle when I was doing the same thing; not registering and using Calibre. But the latest news gave me a reason to try and I regret not doing this earlier.