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Kobo ereaders are integrating with Goodreads alternative StoryGraph
(www.engadget.com)
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this post was submitted on 21 May 2026
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And then some other evil corporation buys story graph and we are back to square one, instead of building these proprietary integrations why don't companies just build open systems and people can setup the integrations on their own. If you need ebooks on windows Microsoft doesn't have to build a direct integration with some book tracking website because a computer isn't a locked down hardware device, it's a open platform that gives the user the freedom to do whatever they want. In 2026 most devices should be running open platforms.
"why don't companies" Profitable open source making corps exist):
Red hat anyone?
Kobos are already owned by a giant megacorp, but because it's Japanese most of the west hasn't heard of it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakuten
Kobos are just running Linux, albeit somewhat stripped down. You can run open source software on them just fine.