So far the info I'm seeing is from remarkable site and the way they word it doesnt answer the real question (like they're trying to hide something). I dont think I'll keep it if I cant use it without paying a monthly fee.
Basically I need to be able to transfer files (both directions) in a couple different ways. I need to be able to get files to and from Google drive for cloud storage purposes and would be nice If i could ultimately get files into a git repo on gitlab (even if it means more than one step to get it there). Also it would be nice if i could connect via ssh through the command line on my laptop (running ubuntu linux) to transfer files using the laptop.
Should I send this thing back or is it possible to do these things without a remarkable connect account?
So the Google drive part is completely free. BUT, it might not work as you'd like. What it lets you do is download PDFs(or docx/pptx converted to PDFs by OneDrive) and upload PDF exports of notebooks/PDFs. The problem is, it's not a sync service. So, if you download file A.pdf, write something to it, and then upload back to GDrive, you'll have a duplicate of A.pdf that's the newer version.
You can totally SSH into the device and transfer files with curl(which basically utilises the web interface) iirc, or just directly copy their proprietary files format notebooks too, altho they will be unreadable without a working third-party tool for that version. What I'd use the SSH for is full notebook backups rather than a normal way of transferring. Then again, I do have toltec(the community package manager) on an older version of the OS to run a terminal emulator with VIM and directly upload files to GitHub(so mostly just C code) ;)
I"m finding all kinds of crazy stuff the company seems to be doing. It's confusing bc I don't feel they are honest in their documentation about what you can / can't do with it. The more I learn the more it seems like you can do very little without paying them for their service. It's sad because I like the thing and really don't want them to make me return it - I just don't feel right about being forced to pay for features that should be native to the device. I paid a good chunk of $ for the device and pen already and I'm supposed to barely be able to do anything with it?
The connect subscription does very little... It's a simple tablet with limited functionality, with or without the subscription.