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Kobo announces its first color e-readers (www.theverge.com)

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Kobo announces its first color e-readers

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[–] my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 98 points 7 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] octochamp@lemmy.ml 56 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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"

[–] Pattyice@lemmy.ml 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just talking here in the US, the only competitor Amazon has really had here is Nook which also has lock screen ads

[–] huginn@feddit.it 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Kobo is also available in the US

[–] Pattyice@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I know but I meant as popularity wise. I don't think most people outside the Hard-core privacy/tech focused crowd know it.

[–] octochamp@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Pattyice@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

what a damn shame

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You can buy "discounted" Kindle e-readers with ads, or you can buy them without ads for full price.

[–] my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago

Hence the quotation marks.

[–] supercriticalcheese@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

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.