An Open Source eReader That's Free of Corporate Restrictions Is Exactly What I Want Right Now:
I get it. The Kindle and its ability to shop for and instantly buy books anywhere using wifi or Whispernet are incredibly convenient, and it’s what’s made Amazon’s hardware the obvious choice for consuming ebooks. But supporting awful companies like Amazon is getting harder and harder if you were born with a conscience, and right about now, an open source ebook reader, free of corporate restrictions, sounds like the perfect Kindle alternative.
A fully open-hardware eReader, it includes the following design specs: ARM Cortex M4 processor, 400x300 monochromatic resolution, microSD card reader, lithium-polymer rechargeable battery, audiobook-capable headphone jack, and audio-command-capable microphone.
The Open Book Project was born from a contest held by Hackaday and that encouraged hardware hackers to find innovative and practical uses for the Arduino-based Adafruit Feather development board ecosystem. The winner of that contest was the Open Book Project which has been designed and engineered from the ground up to be everything devices like the Amazon Kindle or Rakuten Kobo are not.
(Score: 3, Informative) by dwilson on Friday January 31 2020, @02:23AM (1 child)
That's funny, because a lot of the books I buy on my Kindle come DRM free, "at the author's request". Stop blaming the messanger and start blaming the igits who make those decisions.
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(Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday January 31 2020, @04:46PM
Thanks for pointing that out. I've avoided even looking at e-books because of how bad the situation was some years ago. Maybe I should have another look.
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.