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Originally Posted by taming
I think it is helpful when people say negative things about a brand of device for the person also to disclose it when they have no personal experience with them.
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Point taken. I should have been more clear about not being an owner, but most of my information is based on recent posts on this forum (which I have no reason to distrust). I had not seen any contrary information on the particular point of gamification opt-out, so I assumed it was still valid. As I mentioned I actually intend to buy one, and I tend do be scrupulous about doing research. I can also get a bit carried away, but it was not my intention to mislead anyone
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Originally Posted by taming
That being said, I have always thought that it was pretty great that Kobo has NOT obfuscated or encrypted their firmware thus allowing hacking.
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While it is positive that they apparently tolerate it (as they have not taken steps to stop it), the lack of explicit support for it means that it's not something they care about. HTC and Samsung, for instance, provide means of unlocking their phones at the owner's risk, thereby giving their blessing to hacking while taking no responsibility for consequences. It would be very easy for Kobo to take a similar approach, but they haven't done so. I guess that Kobo won't close the FW update loophole in the future, but I don't really trust any company to do the right (and sensible) thing.
That said, I just booked tickets for a concert in Aylesbury outside of London in november, and I'll probably buy the new Kobo Aura while I'm there, so maybe I should just shut up