Comment by ramblurr

> > The Kobos don't limit what you can do with them either, you can sideload alternative e-reader software like KOReader that improves on the built-in reader functionality.

> This is patently false, the latest Kobo Libra Color is using secure boot which completely locks out custom development

Your "patently false" is not true. There are nuances here that you are glossing over or ignoring.

Yes, the Kobo Libra Color uses secure boot.

But, you can still get root and install KOReader on it.

What is "custom development" if you mean "boot my own operating system" because, then yes. But the 90+% of the Kobo hacking community has never meant that.

For most folks in the community "custom development" means being able to install/side-load applications like Plato and KOReader alongside the existing Kobo/Nickel software.

Yea, I agree it sucks that the new Kobo uses secureboot, but it was never an open development platform. I feel for the quill-os folks, that sucks. I'm glad they found a home with the PN as they won't get a rugpull.

But the Kobo is still a system where you can trivially get root on it without having to jailbreak or otherwise exploit a vulnerability.

And +1 for the xteink x4 (though if you're rabidly against manufactures locking down their devices, you should look at the recent xteink developments where they are only releasing unlocked devices to the western market.)