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Originally Posted by kumaryu
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Originally Posted by plib
So, you don't have any ads or recommendations on your device, but you would like other people to have it on theirs so that your choice of hardware survives?
OK.
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Most emphatically yes.
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In this respect, ebook readers are like cars. You can customise a car if you are a competent mechanic to be exactly the machine of your dreams. If you do so however, you will invalidate any warranty or support that you might have gotten from the manufacturers.
The fact that the current Kobo readers are amenable to to such customisations does not mean that their business can survive if all their customers did this. As with cars however, most customers are not willing or comfortable in taking the risks as outlined above.
As in the case of custom cars, this ought not be an issue.
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Originally Posted by Danger
@kumaryu... WOW.... I honestly can't say what I am thinking for fear of getting permanently kicked off this forum...
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Why, Danger? There's nothing wrong with what Kumaryu is saying. If I understand correctly, the messages just says Kobo has been kind enough to make it possible for people who know what they're doing to get rid of things they don't like. That leaves people who don't know what they're doing to help keep Kobo alive... so what? Life isn't fair. So what?
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Originally Posted by VirgoGirl
The way I see it is this: if you want me to buy your books, make them (significantly) cheaper than paper books. Don't charge me $12 plus tax for something you don't have to print on paper, bind with glue, store in a warehouse or on a shelf in store and pay overhead to keep. Why on earth would I pay that $12 when all you're doing sticking it on a server and handing out copies? Particularly when often the paperback is $5 or $9.
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VirgoGirl, that's *exactly* what I've always thought. It's so pathetic! eBooks are worth next to nothing! Sure, the rights and blah blah, but they've got to be cheaper than paper, glue, transport, storage, stores, staff... The ridiculous price is why I never buy eBooks but download them illegally. It's so stupid... I'd buy them ALL the time if they'd be reasonably priced! They could earn so much more with lower priced eBooks. Then again, if eBooks were significantly cheaper than paper books, eventually no-one would buy paper books any more and publishers/book stores would have a problem. But hey, that's the direction we're going in anyway... Cheaper eBooks please!
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Originally Posted by Jaden
People hated the carousel because it introduced advertising to a formerly ad-free device.
They switched to shortlist to avoid the ads.
They became used to the shortlist being on the homescreen.
Now it's gone.
"People be mad."
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I didn't just hate the carousel for the advertising. I also hated it for taking up so much space. 1.9.14 had such a lovely home screen, nice and clean. Sure, I was OK with the carousel after the short list could just sit there, but I never ever used it (5 book covers is more than enough for me). So I might have got used to the carousel but I'm immensely happy it is gone again! I understand it's not handy for people who used it regularly for reference documents (maps and images and whatnot), but I think there might be more people who will be happy with a less cramped home screen than people who will be sad at losing instant access to the short list. Having said that, the short list should be more easily accessible than somewhere down the alphabetical list of shelves... But I'm sure Kobo will fix that with something creative once they realise how many people use and love the short list.
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Originally Posted by The Terminator
Why can't you just be happy?
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Indeed. All over this thread and any other thread related to KT 2.0, that's what I keep thinking. So much negativity! I even read on one of these threads that some people are unhappy about how little communication we're getting from Kobo... I mean come on! They were HERE, they read the problems, they acted IMMEDIATELY, they told us they're working on the problem, they even explained some extra things (e.g. why the clock disappeared), gave us instructions on what to do if the update messed our KT up... All on a forum not related to Kobo I might add! If you ask me, they're brilliant! They've told us they're working on it, now all we have to do is be patient until they find and fix the problem. Personally I prefer them to work hard on that, instead of updating us every ten seconds with similar news...