[HN Gopher] Your next smart home device is a $30 used Kindle
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       Your next smart home device is a $30 used Kindle
        
       Author : lankybutmacho
       Score  : 33 points
       Date   : 2021-01-28 14:57 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (matthealy.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (matthealy.com)
        
       | Jkvngt wrote:
       | How much Amazon spy garbage is there on a Kindle, and can you get
       | rid of it all with a jailbreak?
        
         | simonmales wrote:
         | I'm new to the Kindle hacking world. But my understanding they
         | can be have a custom ROM like an Android tablet.
        
       | aviditas wrote:
       | I bought the ink plate from
       | https://www.crowdsupply.com/e-radionica/inkplate-6 to do the same
       | type of project but have not got around to it yet. This is a good
       | walk through for the display portion of the project. It would be
       | a local status app slideshow instead of the web page. I am
       | planning on getting a wall mount that allows me to easily charge
       | and have it in a central location while still being able to take
       | it off of the wall to do admin on the setup. I was originally
       | leaning towards making it a quasi-dedicated ereader but between
       | the boox note air and the remarkable tablets, the extra money to
       | get writing functions is well worth it to me.
        
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