I gotta stop collecting phys books.
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Same just bought a book, instead of reading streaming the audiobook. Waste
Same. Gotta reserve shelf weight for the exceptional selections. Looking forward to the @daylightco tablet to upload the array I’ve accumulated from Annas-archive.
I prefer physical books, but should get rid of some before I get more
Going to downsize all phys books to a single shelf, then transfer every other book to Kindle + Audible until better, more open alternatives exist.
New books will go directly to digital, then only the best of the best will go to the physical shelf.
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You may want to reconsider if you value privacy. I was excited about this until I found this thread pointing out data collection on basically everything you do.
What the fuck @daylightco ? Are you out of your minds? If you're going to "collect my reading activity and personal notes", at least end-to-end encrypt them and don't harvest them for targeted advertising.
There is absolutely no way I'll be continuing to use you "Reader" software in this context, and you can be sure that if you release a custom OS that has this level of privacy invasion I will not be using it. If that means I can't use the hardware either, then so be it.
This is coming from someone who said the hardware is completely revolutionary and life-changing.
https://support.daylightcomputer.com/privacy-policy-march-2025#block-1850b673e0bf80798d1ceaa41d9030d4
> Personal information we collect:
> ...Your reading materials, links, and other content you choose to save in the Service, and any notes added to saved documents.
> Automatic collection. As you navigate the Service, our communications, and other online services, we, our service providers and advertising partners may automatically collect identifiable information about you, your computer or device, and your browsing actions and use patterns, such as:
> Page views, pen strokes, reading history, search terms, what videos and other content you view, how long you spent on a page, the website you visited before browsing to the Service, navigation paths between pages, information about your activity on a page
> We, our service providers, and third party advertising partners may collect and use your personal information for the following purposes:
> Direct marketing
> Targeted advertising
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I would never use Daylight Co.
Screen is neat but these are not software people. I want to run #GrapheneOS on a new Pixel tablet, if that ever comes to fruition (doubtful).
Ideally I would run graphene on one. Love the screen
They have mentioned wanting to support GrapheneOS in the future, but I don't think it'll happen. For two reasons: 1. the one you said (not software people). 2. Graphene's strict standards make it hard to be compatible with other devices.
The screen _IS_ incredible, I'll give them that. Kind of a life-changer for sure.
Makes the areas where they're fucking up (or just too early) hurt even more.
Ain’t going to read most of the ones on kindle. I like to look at my library to see a part of my identity at the particular point in time. Being surrounded by books makes one different
Thanks for sharing. I’ve been aware of the privacy concerns and am hoping to take their world at seeing improvements in the future. I’ve got a pixel running GrapheneOS, but also have a hard time taking a Google phone at face value as well. Mainly looking to decrease eye strain from reading docs. Definitely looking forward to privacy hardware improvements moving forward.
Digital era. Digital money. Digital books.
Install 
and torrent all your ebooks.
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I agree. I picture my child curiously browsing the books in our home and picking one up that looks interesting. It’s just not the same with digital books.
Spot on. My parent working for 25 years in a large state owned bookstore in 80/90s built relatively large collection of rare books at that time. For me then it was normal to grow up around books & built my own pretty rare collection of books. After traveling for half of my life I finally re started collecting couple of years back & still go back family home browsing what remained on the family shelves.
I will switch to digital books when the full experience of physical books is replicated in VR
Yea. Too many physics books just gets confusing. Lots of duplicates of newton's laws.
Some are worth having
Imagine society inventing whole artificial reality with brain interface in a pod or haptics and smell generator, only to save a kilogram or paper per year.
Something is telling me, that physical books aren't going to disapear as long as civilization exists.😆
so much healthier than staring at screens imo...
E-readers are pretty good these days. Obviously purchase your favorite or most vital books in physical form.
Can't wait for the 2030s when a #Bitcoin powered, decentralized ebook marketplace running on open source hardware is the norm.
yeah i should get one - have always had a hard time justifying it with a tablet but its prolly a good idea im burnt on tradscreens.
thanks for the reminder
send em my way laser man
You'd need a trailer.
Are these posts connected? 😉
If I were accused of collecting anything, it would be books as well. I'm more choosy these days over what I acquire (limited space and funds necessitate it) but I do keep grabbing more. I see the collection as being a rich inheritance for my children as well as a private library for our church/community. I am a steward as much as an owner/collector.
A strategic eBook library (preferably of digital books that are *owned* not rented and can be backed up to a non-internet-enabled device) is good.
The trade offs with most eBook and E-reader options is yet more screen time, eye strain, the ease for bad actors to erase or stealth edit books, and the data collection. Despite the cost and space issues, I still prefer physical books.
Just have to read them lol. Start producing content based on multiple texts. Answer a question.
Yes.
shietttt i'm omw with one rn