The Kindle is fine, but could’ve been much more
That&#x27;s the problem with many proprietary consumer devices (take the iPad into this category as well).<p>1. Vendor lock: You can&#x27;t install or change most of the things including OS and Apps.<p>2. Locked down OS: You can&#x27;t do anything with your device. If you try to change the OS you&#x27;ll maybe brick it.<p>3. Planned obsolescence built in: If the vendor decides it&#x27;s &quot;time to say goodbye&quot; you won&#x27;t get updates anymore and probably feature by feature your device won&#x27;t work any longer. After some time it&#x27;s so old, insecure etc. you don&#x27;t even want to use it to do even the simple tasks it was designed for.<p>The kindle isn&#x27;t a reference for me in this sector at all. If you want to start the discussion about nice e-Readers you should consider comparing the Sony DP, Onyx Boox Note and the Remarkable. Those are the leading innovators and so far I&#x27;m afraid I haven&#x27;t seen any device that can compete.<p>Personally I&#x27;m waiting for an eInk device with color (at least some colors), wacom pen that works without battery (like in Onyx &amp; Remarkable) but an open, real linux on it so you can do anything with it.
The Onyx comes close to this as it uses android but as we all know it&#x27;s not really the linux you want when you wish for a &quot;real linux&quot; ;-)<p>I&#x27;m a bit sad that innovation in this sector stopped and I&#x27;d be willing to pay up to 1k $ for the described features.