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Tiny E-Reader Is the Best Piece of Technology in Years - The Atlantic (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 0 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Meh there is some kind of artificial scarcity making e-ink screens expensive as far as I can tell, especially big ones. If e-readers are declining it's because people are using their phones instead, just like small digital cameras have declined. Small e-readers just don't have much to offer compared to phones.

I don't know how the market in tablets is doing. But there are no affordable large e-readers (13" and up) as far as I can tell. I can't predict whether such a thing would get traction if it existed, but I'd be interested.

[–] LilB0kChoy@reddthat.com 1 points 18 hours ago

lol

artificial scarcity

That’s called “lack of demand”