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Originally Posted by BoxingOrange
I might need to install the desktop program on to get this sorted after all. Can anyone highlight any pros/cons to doing/not doing this.
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Pros:
If you buy books from Kobo then it provides a simple way to backup/restore purchases.
Cons:
- Takes 80Mb hard disk real estate (perhaps not a major thesedays but is unnecessary if it's used purely to populate the Sqllite database).
- Forces advertising/recommendations onto your reader
- Gathers personal reading metrics
- Forces latest firmware updates (which we have seen is not necessarily a "good thing".)
If you don't buy kepubs, don't bother.
Just grab the latest firmware from a direct link (some kind soul usually posts on the forum) and use something like SQLite manager to populate the 5 fields in the user table. That way you have the freedom to pick and choose what & when you add to your reader (inc updates) without being snooped on.