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Why do people buy kindles instead of just reading books on their tablets or phones? (literature.cafe)

submitted 1 year ago by Lacanoodle@literature.cafe to c/chat@literature.cafe

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I've never used one but it struck me as odd that people would use a seperate device for smth so easily done on your phone.

Is there smth special about the hardware? Is it better somehow?

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[–] zcd@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

My Kindle is more than 10 years old, one of the ones with physical buttons to turn the Pages. No crappy software/spyware, enough storage to hold tons of books, and one of those E ink screens that don’t shine at you. When the battery on this one finally dies I will be performing surgery on it and replacing the battery rather than buying a new one