i finally got around to get a 12 year old ebook reader (for the unbelievable low price of 35€) and it is amazing and life-affirming to me. i had no idea how nice this is and i feel like an idiot for not having found this sooner so i thought i might share the excitement.
the main reason i got this is because with this i can read in direct sunlight comfortably and i am happy to report that this plan has worked out as expected. i can't do that with a phone or laptop because i would have to crank up the brightness all the way which drains the battery quickly and overheat the device, which is already getting hot just from being in the sun.
great little device, i blown away how beautiful the letters look like in the sunlight. this is like a computer made for being used in the sun and i hope this technology keeps improving though seems like progress on it is slow.
i thought the small 6 inch size of the display would be too small but turns out it isn't because there is this wonderful file format called epub that can have the text automatically fit on any size with any desired font-type and font-size. a pleasant surprise among all the technological enshittification!
