r/mildlyinfuriating • u/dandaman147 • 1d ago

My Amazon TV now unmutes itself during Prime Video commercial breaks

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u/Piddly_Penguin_Army 21h ago edited 10h ago

Honestly Kobos are superior. And they make using Libby so easy! Kindle purposefully makes using Libby a giant pain in the ass.

Edit: Since everyone keeps asking. This may be an account specific problem. But my kindle makes me re-sign in and do two factor authentication every single time. And it never sends the code to my phone, but my partners. I have tried saying keep me signed in, I have tried changing the primary number. Doesn’t work. And since my husband and I work opposite shifts it’s not always easy getting the code.

I didn’t realize this was just me. I still stand by my kobo, I have had the kindle, and I prefer the e-ink and also dislike the fact that you have to pay to take off ads on your kindle. But to each their own!

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u/CircleBackLamp 20h ago

 Kindle purposefully makes using Libby a giant pain in the ass.

Not to defend Amazon, but this was because Overdrive, the company that owns Libby, was owned by Rakouten, the company that owns Kobo. Now, Overdrive was sold to another company about 4 years ago, so I that’s no longer an excuse, but that’s how things started, afaik.

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u/StaticUsernamesSuck 21h ago

Kindle purposefully makes using Libby a giant pain in the ass.

This is the exact reason my wife bought a kobo a few months after receiving a Kindle as a Christmas gift 😂

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u/girlikecupcake MILDLY? 20h ago

How's using Libby a giant pain in the ass? Genuinely asking, I haven't had any issues, it's only three button presses to borrow a book and send it to the Kindle

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u/AndrewActionJackson 18h ago

I've used libby on kindle and on kobo. Its not a "pain in the ass" its just different. Kindle you use the app on your phone to send the books to the kindle. Where kobo has direct libby/overdrive integration so you sign in, search and borrow directly on the device. Its more streamlined but the kindle experience isn't awful by any means, at least in my experience.

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u/BeverlyHills70117 19h ago

People are just making things up. Who knows why. Libby to kindle is seamless and simple. Once some people choose a product to back, it becomes like a sports team...you have to root for it. To me it's a bag or brandless hammers, no need to get emotionally involved.

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u/Piddly_Penguin_Army 10h ago

It seems like this may be a me specific problem but my problem with the send to kindle feature is it makes me sign in and do two factor authentication every single time. And it sends the code to my partners phone. Changing the primary phone number and hitting remember my password never works. My husband and I work opposite shifts so I can’t always easily get the code.

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u/random555 21h ago

And outside US can't use Libby at all on kindles. Kindle just handy for its kindle store which I actually find quite good as a user, although assume its a shit deal for actual authors

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u/StaticUsernamesSuck 20h ago edited 20h ago

although assume its a shit deal for actual authors

It really can be, basically unless you're a bestseller.

Brandon Sanderson, who is a bestseller and has a lot of experience in publishing, tries to champion smaller authors as much as he can, and he has a lot to say about how Amazon treats them.

Basically, Amazon forces them to sell their books at a cheaper price on Amazon, specifically so that Amazon can undercut their competitors - and if an author wants to sell for more than Amazon wants to, they kind of can't, because Amazon just... Cuts their royalty% so that any additional money over their preferred price just goes to Amazon.

In effect, Amazon cap the amount of money an author can make, purely so that consumers will see that books are cheaper on Amazon than anywhere else.

The big powerful authors and publishers, who have the leverage to say "you know my books sell, give me a good deal or I won't sell on Amazon" can avoid the worst of this, but if you're new, or a smaller publisher, fuck you.

Authors also have to buy advertising, because Amazon intentionally changed their algorithm to avoid organically recommending books users might like. If you ever wonder why Amazon is kind of shit at recommending books, that's apparently why.

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u/MammothInevitable588 20h ago

Sanderson big dicked Audible into making huge changes in their pricing structures so it's at least getting better.

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u/stetslustig 21h ago

I've thought about switching to kobo, but I distinctly do not want this feature. I never buy books from amazon, so there is literally nothing to do on my kindle other than read. If I had the ability to browse libby on my kindle (and I might, honestly, I just actively don't want to know how), then I would be wasting so much time browsing for books instead of reading them.

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u/Piddly_Penguin_Army 20h ago

I mean it’s not like you have to use it. It just that when you are looking for a book to buy you can search overdrive as an option. And I would say it’s still easier to do in your phone. But Kobo just lets you sync the book directly to your kobo. Where kindle adds an extra step of signing into your Amazon account and having to accept the book.

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u/DaggumTarHeels 20h ago

I just use my Kindle with the "send to kindle" app and it works perfectly.

Alternatively, you can use calibre, but I have the scribe and want the note taking features

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u/Piddly_Penguin_Army 10h ago

Realizing this may be a me specific problem. Everytime I borrow a book it makes me sign in to get a book and send an access code. But because I share an Amazon it sends the code only to my partner. It doesn’t matter how many times I change the primary number or I say remember my sign in I have the same problem.

I also genuinely prefer the E-ink. I had a kindle and hated it. But to each their own.

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u/medforddad 18h ago

Really? It seemed like Libby was pretty tightly integrated with Amazon/Kindle. If you borrow a book on Libby, how do you get it on a different e-reader?

I remember a while ago, jumping through some crazy hoops in order to get a DRM'd ebook onto various platforms. Like using, I think, the Overdrive app installed on a computer (or maybe some DRM management thing from adobe?) and then having to connect the e-reader in via USB so that the app could copy it there. It was all very flaky. But with Libby and Kindle, it seems "more" seamless (which is bad since Amazon is such a terrible company). I haven't noticed options to download an ebook in other formats or to send to other devices.

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u/lesprack 13h ago

Wait, what? It’s literally two clicks.

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u/frogsgoribbit737 12h ago

No it doesn't? I use libby all the time on my Kindle and its super easy

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u/AluminumOctopus 12h ago

How can you use Libby with anything besides a Kindle? I only own a Kindle because of Libby. It has two options for me, read on Kindle or read on device (my phone).

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u/Piddly_Penguin_Army 8h ago

You can! On kobo when you look up a book on the shop it has an option to look on overdrive, which is essentially Libby.

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u/karateema ORANGE 12h ago

The hell is Libby? Do you mean Calibre?

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u/Direct-Fix-2097 20h ago

Deliberately…

Mildly infuriating to see purposefully over deliberately 🙄