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Glad to hear that they're enjoying some growth and success but it's concerning to see them openly state their significant dependence on their subscription service as a revenue stream. That raises the possibility of less support in future firmware updates for allowing Remarkable 1/2 to operate as a standalone device sans cloud service.

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Agreed. I would never want to use a device that requires a proprietary cloud sync service. I own a Boox device, which are similar to the Remarkable ones, except it has a front light for reading. The software generally works fine. I don't use their sync service due to privacy concern though; I just use Syncthing.

One thing I wish companies would do is commit to open-sourcing the software in case of service shutdown or company bankruptcy. Then, at least we could hope that someone in the community either maintains it (or ideally even offers a commercial service with equivalent features.)

It can be tricky if they don't have the rights to release source code or binaries for their hardware components, unfortunately.

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