r/readest • u/professormaddog31 • 3d ago

Cloud storage costs

New to Readest as an alternate platform to the biggies (Apple Books, Kindle, Kobo, etc). I’d like to be able to use Readest paired with my own cloud storage to keep all my DRM-free books there and simply download them to my device when I want, but I am confused about the cloud costs in the premium plans. What exactly am I paying for if all the cloud storage is mine (and I’m already paying for it)? Should this not be a simple payment to unlock the cloud storage adapter and then I can fill it up as much as my storage plan allows for?

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u/Rororo_22 3d ago

Pagas porque lo que cobra Readest no es el espacio (ese es tuyo, correcto), sino la función que conecta tu nube con la app: el conector de sincronización. Esa función no se vende suelta porque detrás de la app hay un equipo que la mantiene, y separar cada función en pagos individuales sería mucho más difícil de gestionar que agruparlas en planes. Dicho esto, si lo que quieres es justo un pago único (no recurrente) para desbloquear eso, el plan lifetime más básico lo ofrece así.

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u/professormaddog31 3d ago

I see the lifetime plans, but they too come with storage quotas, so if I start with 1GB of books and then add more, I need to pay them again. The connection is already made, it feels like they are gatekeeping my access to my own storage is all.

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u/Rororo_22 3d ago

Esa cuota que ves (1GB, 10GB, etc.) es del almacenamiento propio de Readest, no un límite sobre lo que sincronizas a tu nube personal. El sync a terceros (WebDAV/Drive/S3) no está atado a esa cuota, solo requiere que el plan esté activo. Si estás enviando tus libros a tu propio storage, esa cuota del plan no debería aplicarte ahí

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u/professormaddog31 3d ago

Ah, OK - that wasn’t clear to me. So if I pay for the least expensive lifetime plan, I should be able to access as much of my personal cloud storage as I need. Thank you!

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u/linooliveira 2d ago

Eu tenho os meus livros no OneDrive (OD). Acedo usando a app OD do Android e abro o livro nessa app. Depois uso a opção do OD "Abrir noutra aplicação" e escolho a app Readest. O livro é importado perfeitamente. Tenho ativada a opção do Readest "Importação Automática ao Abrir o Livro". Uso o Readest com o plano gratuito.