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Amazon is making it impossible to remove the DRM from Kindle Books (goodereader.com)
submitted 1 month ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I transitioned from a Kindle to an iPad. It just works better and you can get refurbished older iPads with an excellent ~~OLED~~ screen and warranty for less than a new Kindle in most cases.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

refurbished older iPads with an excellent OLED screen

The only iPads with OLED screens are the current generation of iPad Pro with the M4 chip. Every other iPad is an LCD screen (very good LCD, with deep blacks and very good local dimming, but still LCD).

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ah. I thought Retina was marketing speak for OLED. I stand corrected.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 9 points 1 month ago

Retina is marketing speak for “pixels small enough to be individually indistinguishable by the human eye at proper viewing distances.”

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago

For anyone stumbling along. "Retina display" is their marketing speak for higher pixel density than "average".

[–] HeadfullofSoup@kbin.earth 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah but the goal of a ereader is to not have to read on a normal screen but on something that look more like paper

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh, you mean paperwhite ereaders. You can get those too. Android based.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

(Pedantry incoming)

Paperwhite is actually Amazon branding. E-Ink is a brand as well, owned by the E Ink Corporation. The generic name would be electronic paper or e-paper.

Edit: Clarity.

[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Not entirely true. E-ink is trademarked by the e-ink company, sole manufacturer of e-ink displays.

https://trademarks.justia.com/788/55/e-78855402.html

That part isn’t Amazon-related.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 3 points 1 month ago

I meant its branding, not Amazon owned, I should clear that up though it is misleading as written.