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E-readers: Kobo vs Boox? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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I've been getting back into reading and while nothing will beat a physical book, having a device with multiple EPUBS seems like a good way to save space and money. After a bit of searching, I'm down to two options: Kobo (specifically the Libra Colour) and Boox (specifically the Go Color 7). I've discarded tablets because they're just a larger phone and thus blue light-induced eye strain. I've also discarded the Kindle because of Amazon's business practices. I known that Kindles can jailbroken (which I wouldn't mind doing) and I could buy one second-hand on eBay but I prefer to give my money towards a better competitor.

Which one do you think is better? Have you used their previous e-readers? How do they compare?

Thanks in advance!

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[–] SmokeyDope@piefed.social 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I am a kobo user (libra 2). IMO you should get one with more ram (likely boox). My kobo side loaded with koreader software will sometimes crash reset due to out of memory errors especially with high res PDF/cbz graphic novels. Also Kobo lacks proper web browser what it has is super barebones webkit browser(sometimes reading text based webpages on eink is nice)

From what I understand boox is android based so theres less headache installing what you want.