https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/s/res/2397-(2017)

I was curious so i looked it up. Doesn’t exactly say that

It’s going to alienate some religious minorities in my country. There are certain groups of Amish and Mennonite that currently do not participate in the Social Security System. They are citizens, but do not have SSNs.

A system where digital IDs are assigned from birth wont apply to them (if they have any say), but will significantly disadvantage them in the workplace.

Also, the technical implementation will either be very poor if set up by lawmakers, or give undue and unfair influence to specific tech companies if the Industry is allowed to figure out implementation. Numbers must be verified by Google, Apple, and Microsoft for example, and God help anyone who tries to exist outside that space

And for what? What benefit does society reap from digital IDs? I cant see anything.

my wife has a Kobo reader and it’s a great alternative, from Canada. The reader works great with Calibre on desktop for books you already own, and the Kobo store is more or less equivalent to the Kindle store.

I have no suggestion for getting files off an iPhone, but presumably an app exists to arbitrarily send files to desktop, and from there Calibre works.

Kobo build quality is better than other e-readers, and it supports color and markups. Overall it’s pretty good for PDFs/textbooks and novels, but manga/comics can be a little goofy.

I cant speak on the syncing since she has only the one device.

Good luck!

Edit: seems like you edited (or i misunderstood) the OP. Kobo (the device) works great with US library lending, but ymmv if you are in another country. If you use the kobo app on your phone it will sync your position with the device, but the app is pretty flawed on mobile and doesnt have a desktop version i’m aware of.

I wouldnt mind using the app to read fiction, but it’s not great for reference material. I use a standalone pdf reader for that kind of thing on my phone, which obviously doesnt sync.

Grammatically, I like “DDG for X” rather than “DDG X”. It sounds more natural and also more silly to me

It’s stupid but so is using “Google” for “search”

The block button is a useful tool. You only have to see the troll once and they are gone forever!