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[-] RustySharp@programming.dev 5 points 2 days ago

Personally, a few reasons.

I don't need to run 2 containers and >10GB. I could just install and run in 10 seconds.
My whole library and metadata is self contained in a single dir. On a fresh OS install I could simply point Calibre to the dir, and off we go.
A rich plugin ecosystem, including deDRM plugins.
I can just ignore the AI stuff (for now, at least)
I've used it for close to 2 decades. Familiarity is definitely a factor. And yes, it's still as ugly as it was 20 years ago. But once you've set your workflow up, the UI just kinda melds to the background.

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