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Funny how the "protect teh environment" people want MPG ratings that are increasingly impossible to achieve without doing silly things like auto start/stop and full electric, but the implementation of those things creates a lot more solid waste. Seems to me the environmental impact works in the wrong direction.
To me, having a vehicle that I can run for 20 years or 250,000 miles seems far more environmentally sustainable than one which will be unmaintainable in less than 10 years.
That is because it has nothing to do with environmental impact.
Its only about control and cash.
Tue Feb 13 2024 14:55:09 EST from IGnatius T Foobar. Seems to me the environmental impact works in the wrong direction.
Such a shame. I had no complaints with my Kobo Libra 2 for two years, but today when I tried putting new files on it they refused to show up. It's possible I could have fixed this by converting them with the kepubify utility, which I just learned about. Instead I did a factory reset in hopes of fixing database corruption. Lo and behold, what do I find during the setup procedure? Apparently "signing in" is now mandatory, and not something I can just skip like I did before. It didn't recognize the email address that I know I ordered it with, and when I tried creating a new account with another email address, I never received an email. Sad, but I only have one life and it's too short to waste on nonsense like this. So I'm done with Kobo and all their works, and I eagerly await a device with an e-ink screen that runs a real OS which is under my control and doesn't demand I jump through corporate hoops and create Yet Another Account on Yet Another Website.
Of course my physical books will never have any such problems. But it's a shame that a great technology like e-ink is the victim of such widespread, near-universal corporate malfeasance.
Wow. That does suck. I used to have a kobo of some sort, 7.8" perhaps.. but its long gone. ( also had some Russian thing, also gone. forget the maker now )
Now its either likebook or pocketbook ( color models ). Neither of them have done that. Yet. ( and 2 old nooks, that i need to toss.. see another thread )
I dont think there are any e-ink manufacturers not tied to china.
Tue Feb 20 2024 18:06:11 EST from nonservatorOnyx would be at least somewhat tempting but I do everything I can to avoid giving money to China.
Yeah, all the hardware comes from there. The best you can hope for is that the company that sells it isn't based in China.
China is apparently bringing a new panda to the United States. But instead of going to a zoo, it's going to a resort that is 57% Chinese owned, something called "Disney".
Pandas are really defective animals, which is why they're hard to breed. But of course they're broken -- they're made in China.