From the start, Doubao's reputation among the public was all about being efficient, fast, and free—never mind the quality. As long as you don't charge for it, plenty of people are happy to use it, but if you start charging, you won't be able to maintain your current standing. There are loads of products out there better than Doubao; if you've got a decent graphics card, you can run something locally that's about as good as Doubao's Office features. ByteDance is like a dodgy old peasant—slower

Good evening everyone. Lately I've been quite obsessed with reading and have tried a whole bunch of local e-book readers, including both open-source ones and closed-source commercial software—OpenReader, ReadEra, Anx Reader. These apps are either lacking in features, poorly polished, locked behind value-added services, or they have some features I like but miss others. In the end, I chose Readest. It's free and open-source, with a built-in Microsoft text-to-speech engine, and if you come