[drop_cap]A[/drop_cap]dobe isn’t exactly a beloved company these days. People begrudgingly use their stuff, because the Creative Suite is an industry standard (read: monopoly) or there are simply no worthwhile alternatives, not because anyone is genuinely excited about these tools. I’m happy to report that I (mostly) make do without Adobeware these days (shoutout to Photopea), […]
  • VerseAndVermin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    Do people have suggestions other than Kobo for a color ereader? I am trying to avoid feeling too locked down/in and thought Kobo was that. I’m still rocking an old nook I got for a few bucks at a thrift store years ago. I was led to believe Kobo was the most open option while still having access to local libraries.

    • holy_scroller@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      2 hours ago

      I enjoy Kobo after switching from Kindle 2 years ago.

      I originally bought it to stop giving Bezos money and because Kobo promised bookshop.org support (money goes to local bookshops). This is still pending and extremely disappointing. It is easy to get books from Libraries (Libby), Kobo store, or add them through the cloud like Google Drive and other options. Libby support is pretty important to me. I basically only pay for 10% of my books now, but the library rentals still support the authors.

    • lemongarlic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      2 hours ago

      There are a few Android based ones and there’s one alternative that just uses Koreader by default lol, Kobo is the probably most cost effective and accessible though.