True, having Android on it definitely has advantages. You can read RSS feeds easier, use established note taking tools etc. But it comes with its own set of downsides. It’s definitely not pointless!

Regarding battery, sure a week is nice when compared to an iPad or Android tablet. But a dedicated reader running for a month is hard to beat :)

I just looked up the weight of the Boox Note Airs C and it’s actually lighter than I remembered. 410g compared to Elipsa 2E at 390g. That’s pretty nice.

I don’t agree with this. Boox devices are notorious for not getting updates. As they are running on Android, security updates are crucial. But they keep churning out so many devices per year that they usually don’t bother to keep existing ones up to date.

In general, I wouldn’t recommend an Android device for reading books. They are usually heavier than regular readers like Kobos for example. They also have atrocious battery life. Compared to a regular tablet it might be fine but compared to a dedicated ereader it’s usually crap.

Their UI is also not as intuitive and needs some getting used to. But I guess that’s subjective.

I think for only reading there is no need to get a full fledged Android device.

Lastly, there is also the fact that it’s a Chinese company. People can make of that what they want. Kobo is Canadian, although the parent company, Rakuten, is Japanese.

I think it’s important to note that Kagi uses Yandex, besides others, as a provider and pays them for it. Yandex is Russian owned. Might not be a deciding factor for everyone, but I personally think we shouldn’t pay money towards Russia. And the US for that matter…

This has been brought up multiple times and the Kagi CEO(?), Vlad, said this won’t change and Kagi doesn’t care about geopolitical stuff and just wants to offer the best search engine. Which is fair, but I think not supporting a tyrannical, war hungry government is important.

Yeah! To me LibreOffice just looks dated and, to be honest, shit. OnlyOffice has a much cleaner interface.

There is also filen.io from Germany.

Sure, everyone got the money to do that… Everything you have written in this thread so far is quite … let’s go with reality shifted.

Isn’t raindrop.io also Russian?

It’s about sending the message that the world doesn’t need the US.

Hi, nice to meet you. Where are you from? America. Oh, like Mexico or Chile?

It’s always fun to see their faces :)

80% of the stuff mentioned can be disabled. Not sure what the problem is. CEO is a dick though.

Ohh, that’s a good point!

I can’t back this up but I highly doubt that the media is played through Plex’ server.