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I know it's not for everyone, and I myself enjoy tinkering, but I bet finding a used Kindle who's firmware stopped being current and jail breaking would be a solid choice.
I just jail broke my older Kindle paper white 7the gen (2015), not even a week ago. I didn't use it that often because it was always sluggish and can't stand non snappy UI.
Holy hell this thing is sooooo much better now. I use KOReader only, and have a launcher shortcut that kills Amazon's "framework" before launching, which stops all of their software from running in the background.
The UI is responsive, more customizable, drains less battery, and instead of ads while sleeping, it displays a blacked out version of the book cover I'm reading.
It also got me started with Calibre to sync and manage epubs instead, and KOReader has a built in tool to connect and sync the books.
It wasn't difficult, but it was time consuming making sure I understood everything first, and didn't miss a step. They even have an app store for jail broken Kindles now that made installing anything needed after jail breaking much much easier. I'd be surprised if someone hasn't made a planner to download.
I was able to use the older WinterBreak exploit, and the current and sadly already patched exploit is called AdBreak.
Love this idea. Would probably be an excellent choice for many lemmings
There is one unreleased exploit (As far as I am aware) that one could wait for the release in some undetermined amount of time.