I too would like my Kindle to do one single thing well. Sadly, we seem to be waiting for that future to arrive.

I still miss the UI on my old Kindle Keyboard, which only showed the book list without an attempt at curation/upselling.

I can simulate it by staying on the "Library" tab, but it tends to forget halfway frequently.

It is totally different to be able to do something versus actually doing it.

It is not because you can install and run apps that you have to.

That's what's great about open hardware. You still have the ability to do that. Even if the original vendor of the device tries to decide differently.

I'm like yours, But there are things that makes me angry. I cannot for example read Farsi books. I cannot put a new e-pub into my kindle and I have to send it over the web; there are many things like these. And so I just want to have a nicer reader that I myself control.

the one job that it does well is show you ads lmao (in case you haven't jailbreaked your Kindle yet)

So... don't use it, idk?

Your Kindle is an appliance you have little control over, the Kobo in this scope is a multitool. More choice is better than less choice as it relates to device ownership and control, imho.

https://www.fulu.org/

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