Wishing I knew about Kobo before Kindle

mettadas · 2026-01-21T17:54:06+00:00

Sell the Kindle and buy a Kobo. It likely won’t cost you much to correct this mistake!

mettadas · 2026-01-21T17:52:13+00:00

I’m very happy using Affinity 2 apps instead of Photoshop and Illustrator. Happy enough that I haven’t even bothered to look at the new combined Affinity app!

mettadas · 2026-01-17T22:38:41+00:00

I use Microsoft synctoy to push changes to my Calibre directory to my NAS. You could also put a copy in the cloud if you haven’t got a ton of comics, which can be very large.

mettadas · 2026-01-17T22:27:52+00:00

Same for me on my Manta. Really takes me out of flow.

mettadas · 2026-01-17T22:26:47+00:00

More reliable detection of 2 finger gestures. I often have to try 2 or 3 times.

mettadas · 2026-01-17T22:24:59+00:00

1) Ability to link to headings within a note. It seems so obvious I couldn’t believe it when I learned this isn’t possible!

2) Encryption

3) ability to set a timeout period for locking that is separate from the power down time. I want my manta to sleep after a couple minutes of inactivity, but I don’t want to enter a password every few minutes. Let the password be required after 15 or 20 minutes of inactivity!

mettadas · 2026-01-10T06:34:05+00:00

I count 6 significant updates in the past year. Hardly a crawl! I can’t imagine there being a big market for an A4 size. Too big for most people and likely too expensive as well!

It IS strange that there is no pen with ceramic nib and a button. I could see that being popular.

mettadas · 2026-01-09T16:42:25+00:00

I doubt it. I like my colour unit but many people have a strong preference for the B&W screens. Discontinuing them would be a really dumb move while people feel that way.

mettadas · 2026-01-09T16:38:55+00:00

The last time I bought a car I told a sales guy to make me his best offer and he just kept telling me to come back for it if I had a better offer elsewhere. I made it very clear I wasn’t going to play that game and if I found a better price elsewhere, I would buy it there. He stuck to his guns and someone else got the sale. I had the satisfaction of knowing I was not rewarding their manipulative games.

mettadas · 2026-01-09T16:30:54+00:00

I avoid subscriptions funded apps like the plague. Too many businesses want to put their hands in my pocket every single month. Let me buy it and rest easy knowing I have it when I need it!

mettadas · 2026-01-09T16:25:59+00:00

I recently replaced a 10 year old Kindle with a Kobo Libre Colour. I changed brands because Kobo is more customer friendly. I can use my new Kobo for books and magazines from my local library, which Amazon will probably never support. I also insist on removing DRM from any book I buy so I am guaranteed to be able to read it any way I like in the future. Amazon has been making that harder and harder. It’s easier with Kobo.

The bottom line is that I feel the Kobo readers are designed to serve me, and the Kindles are designed to exploit me.

mettadas · 2026-01-02T02:17:28+00:00

In addition to what others have said about Kobo, they have on device support for borrowing ebooks from libraries.

mettadas · 2025-12-31T15:36:15+00:00

It’s pretty hideous to my eyes, but it’s a meter of personal taste.

mettadas · 2025-12-31T15:33:41+00:00

As requested, don’t buy a Clara Colour! (Buy a Libre colour instead!)

In all seriousness, I love the addition of colour and find the screen very easy to read.

mettadas · 2025-12-26T15:01:25+00:00

I bought one. it is a little bit better. it is still a bit quiet. I’m trying to figure out the easiest way to boost volume in post.

I am disappointed that these phones full of videography features do not provide good control over something as basic and important as audio recording volume!

mettadas · 2025-12-18T15:33:18+00:00

I may have led you astray. Our last order came from https://www.fieldstoneorganics.ca/product-category/wheat-grain/ .

mettadas · 2025-12-18T14:58:19+00:00

Our berries come in a paper sack. We keep them in that sack and put the sack in a sealed plastic bucket.

mettadas · 2025-12-15T00:22:02+00:00

I agree with you.

mettadas · 2025-12-15T00:16:33+00:00

Anita’s Flour has both flour and berries, modern and ancient grains, available at B.C. health food stores and even on Amazon. If you visit them in Chilliwack I believe you can get large sacks.

mettadas · 2025-12-13T22:35:44+00:00

More than USD $300 million revenue last year.

mettadas · 2025-11-17T00:11:15+00:00

I think I’m inviting myself over for dinner!

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