Why do people buy kindles instead of just reading books on their tablets or phones? (literature.cafe)

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I've never used one but it struck me as odd that people would use a seperate device for smth so easily done on your phone.

Is there smth special about the hardware? Is it better somehow?

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[-] YaksDC@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

All the things you said are true. I would like to add that along with being lightweight compared to a real book. It's also uniform in size so no hand cramps like if were reading a big hard cover.

And the newer ones allow to read in full sunlight without any glare.

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