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Originally Posted by anamardoll
Why would that surprise you? 
It's not illegal. And it's helped sell way more units than B&N ever would have otherwise. They're going to spend the time, money, effort, and customer goodwill to start banning people for bringing it up? That's a good idea, yeah.  |
Same reason that I wouldn't ask an Apple "Genius" for help with my jailbroken iPhone. You're using a device in a manner that the manufacture did not intend and that probably voids its warranty. Apple actively tries to squelch jailbreaking, even stating that it's a
violation of the end-user license agreement and I am just surprised (pleasantly, mind you) that B&N isn't the same way.
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ETA: The eighth post on
this page validates my assumptions pretty concisely. Relevant quote:
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Barnes and Noble has been lenient so far towards people rooting their Nook Colors, but they do not have to be, they can terminate your service as per their user agreement if you root the device.
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Illegal may not be the correct term, a violation of your user agreement that could cause your service to be terminated may be better.
(d) Restrictions. Except as may be expressly permitted by this Agreement, you may not, directly or indirectly: (i) use the Software on any device other than your NOOKcolor; (ii) use, copy, modify, distribute copies of, display or transmit the Software; (iii) disassemble, reverse engineer, emulate, decompile, tamper with, create derivative works from or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of the Software or the technology used to provide the Service or attempt to reduce the Software to human-readable form;
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The Nook
Terms of Service.