I think they are missing something important in the review, what they are saying it's incorrect.

You CAN write directly, but only to PDFs.

Epub and kindle get the notes slapped in a box of some kind.

The other thing they miss is that most ereaders don't have access to kindle's huge book catalog. A few full-on android devices do, but given the very outdated version of android they have, they night get cut out (as is happening for some) from the Kindle app, so no more books.

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criddell 3 days ago | parent [-]

> most ereaders don't have access to kindle's huge book catalog

Are you saying there are a lot of exclusives in their catalog, or just that Kobo devices (for example) can't access DRM'd Amazon books in the same way Kindles cannot access DRM'd Kobo books?

I've recently started buying books from Kobo even though my ereader is a Kindle just because I can strip the DRM from Kobo books.

	▲	Fire-Dragon-DoL 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		What nemnorax said, essentially some are kindle exclusives and it's annoying the get rid of the DRM. You can obviously ignore this fact, but console gamers had to deal with this for a long time and not mentioning it as a feature of the "device" is doing it a disservice.
	▲	nemomarx 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It's a combo - quite a lot of self published books are basically kindle exclusives and their Drm and format is now annoying to crack.