• @[email protected]
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    367 months ago

    I feel dumb saying that books aren’t ergonomic… But they aren’t! I hate holding them open so much. This should be a minor complaint, but it’s a huge benefit of ereaders to me.

    • @[email protected]
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      117 months ago

      people act as if books are the be-all end-all of information, but like… they’re just the best people managed with resources and technology of the time! If you asked an ancient scholar if they prefer a book, or a tablet with MANY books in it, gee i sure do wonder which one they’d choose…

      • SokathHisEyesOpen
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        87 months ago

        “Hey Socrates, do you want this clay tablet, or an electronic tablet with every book that ever existed on it?”

      • @[email protected]
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        17 months ago

        Yeah I just listen to audiobooks while playing video games, doing chores, or cycling. It’s what it takes for me so it’s worth it

      • @[email protected]
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        17 months ago

        For sure! I mean there are definitely advantages to physical books, like anything that you want to flip through quickly like a textbook is awful on an ereader… but just having hundreds of books on the go is a huge win.

        • @[email protected]
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          27 months ago

          and even that is something we could fix if we decided to, e-ink technology is starting to improve again and we’ll probably have decent refresh speeds in a few years and then you’ll be able to flip through them like a book!

          • @[email protected]
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            17 months ago

            God I hope so T_T. I have like an ancient kindle at this point and I’ve been waiting for something that’s actually worth upgrading to.

    • SokathHisEyesOpen
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      17 months ago

      You read faster with eReaders too. The act of turning pages with a paper book becomes a ritual that consumes more time than it needs to, and over thousands of pages that ritual definitely adds up.