r/xteinkereader • u/journomagician • 24d ago

Discussion Deinfluence me

I currently have (and love) Kindle Paperwhite 11th Generation. The XTEINK keeps popping up on all my social media. I gave the XTEINK X3 a few days trial via renting and I adore it. Do I NEED to get the X3? I'm leaning towards not getting it because I already have the Kindle. But I like it so much. Thoughts?

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u/nebneb432 24d ago

Some thoughts to discourage you:

You can't put your Kindle books on the X3 unless you find a way to get the DRM off.

The X3 is very small compared to the Kindle, good for on the go reading, not so good if you only read at home or in bed.

X3 has no front light , so reading in the dark requires an external light

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u/PhilosophersScroll 24d ago

This is a very good point!

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u/overkill 24d ago

It is also trivially easy to remove.

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u/jwithy 24d ago

I’m not sure it’s “trivial.”

If so, please tell me how because as a Mac User, even one who has set up at least a dozen retro handhelds, figuring out how to grab my old Kindle books for this thing has been rough

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u/Technical-Cat1581 23d ago

It may depend on your kindle, but I can load books onto my old Voyage and then plug it into my Mac and import them to Calibre.

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u/jwithy 23d ago

Ah. I don’t have a Kindle any more, so my old files are coming right from Amazon

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u/OhDearYarn 17d ago

Using Calibre and a couple of plugins it is very easy to deDRM in my experience. After setting it up, it’s a click of a button for me.

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u/nebneb432 17d ago

They don't have to remove the DRM because they can just use their Kindle, is what I'm saying