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Originally Posted by r.bares
From an ethical perspective its really quite obvious why this should be frowned upon, Kobo have provided a discount in exchange for showing advertising on an ongoing basis, not merely to sell the product with advertising in the first instance. If you accept this discount and then remove yourself from their advertising-base, you are harming their bottom line, and in my opinion it is broadly equivalent to theft, the taking of something which is not yours and you have no right to take.
That is not to say that I think people who want to do this are "bad people", but this is certainly not something which should be condoned.
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I disagree. I think these people are in the same category as those who slip into a public transit seat ahead of an elderly/pregnant/disabled person.