Sigh. ReMarkable.
It's just remarkable how they keep shooting themselves in the foot. Their hardware is great, but their software just sucks. And for no real reason, as far as I can understand. They technically do have a cloud subscription that needs to lock out users, I guess?
For example, they don't have handwriting recognition for non-Latin languages. They don't even have on-screen _keyboards_ for non-Latin languages. Their note-taker sucks. Their "remote whiteboard" feature doesn't work reliably. Etc.
Just open source it all, and allow people to fix it. It's clear that your in-house developers can't do that.
I've got a reMarkable 2 whose USB-C port just decided to break one day. Tearing the unit down, I see the USB connector puts all of its strain on some very tiny pads. The pads were torn off. Apparently this is a common problem.
Based on this, I don't think their hardware is great, either.
Yeah, that's a known problem The solution is to get one of those usb-c to qi adapters, keep it always plugged in, and use a qi charger to recharge. This minimizes insertion cycles and stress on the connector.
I repeat myself: I don't think the hardware is great.
I like handwriting, and reMarkable feels closest to actual pen and paper. It's also as thin as it can be (although it does cause the USB-C reliability issues).
But then they can't try to force people into their sweet, sweet subscription services.
Obsidian has a paid subscription sync service and is free but not open source software.
Joplin has a paid subscription sync service and is free and open source software.
It's a different business model, but it's possible.
I made a service to sync remarkable to obsidian. It's not free, but it _is_ open-source so you can self-host for free.
https://scrybble.ink
Yeah. But then people are not going to buy their hardware. I have a reMarkable from 6 years ago that I'm using to run Toltec and koreader, but I'm not going to buy any new hardware from them.
Was the subscription income worth it?
Same. I'm finally looking to get away from Kindle, and ReMarkable is off the list.
Was comparing the remarkable with the kindle scribe and the boox note 5c - and settled on the 5c - though the battery life trade-off is significant (I end up charging once every 3-4 days, with 2-3 hours of daily use - writing and reading) - and I am really happy with the device. Fantastic hand-writing feel, very good on-device hand-writing recognition, and decent to very good integration with google drive, notes export, etc. May be worth considering if you are looking for an colour e-ink device that you can write on (notes, thoughts, journalling), as well as run android play store applications, including the kindle app.
I tried Boox (Note Air 3 Colour) but it wouldn't run the one 'android' app I needed - O'Reilly bookshelf. Returned it and got an iPad instead. Seemed ok but only half supports apps. I didn't have it long enough to suffer pen accuracy or general performance, but the colours were muddy.
You probably have lifetime subscription btw.
I have two devices with lifetime (RM 1 + 2)
RM was very generous giving it to all devices bought before the service came out.
It's only $5/mo iirc w/ no hard limits, not a bad deal to sync your docs, pdfs, and books tbh.
> very generous
Are you affiliated with the company?
Nope, not in any way.
I just like the product and thought the free lifetime was nice.
Would be nice to work there for a year or so to implement a wishlist of features for the OS though.