@misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agoAmazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle bookswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square188fedilinkarrow-up1736arrow-down16cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
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minus-square@ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoCheck out boox for a properly open(-ish) platform, it’s android based.
minus-square@njordomir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoApparently Boox has been a stomping all over the GPL licensing terms. You can find a lot of info on it, but here is a non-reddit link: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=277431
minus-square@ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-22 months agoAah, I didn’t know, but I also didn’t say it was open source… it’s store and format agnostic, which Kobo definitely is not.
Check out boox for a properly open(-ish) platform, it’s android based.
Apparently Boox has been a stomping all over the GPL licensing terms. You can find a lot of info on it, but here is a non-reddit link: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=277431
Aah, I didn’t know, but I also didn’t say it was open source… it’s store and format agnostic, which Kobo definitely is not.