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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
Speaking for myself, I don't want Kobo to do anything to my device without my express request. If I conect to the desktop application via my computer it syncs, upgrades and who knows what else.
I am not saying Kobo would abuse its abilities and gather data about books that Kobo has not sold to me fo data mining purposes, but I don't like it that they can do so.
And the update is installed whether I want it to be or not.
It seems a bit Big Brotherish to me and I resent it.
Then there is the case of several readers registered to one account. Do I want a 10 year old for example, having access to all my content, does my 15 year old think I might be spying on his reading habits, would Kobo put my preschoolers books on the other readers too?
And what advantage does this syncing provide for me. Will it sync across all my devices as I believe Amazon does? Even if it did, I still do not want it to without an explicit request.
Kobo (or anyone else) has no right to control the virtual bookshelves of the world.
Helen
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Thanks for the reply
My guess on the auto-sync side of things is that it is seen as being easier for the majority of users, though and option to turn that off would possibly be a good idea.
Very good point about multiple users, it does make sense to have some kind of multiple user system, even if it's at first perhaps a password protected shelf on the device. Plus the point about putting the books on other readers, yes, if all the books are in the I'm Reading list, they will appear on all devices / apps. Perhaps an option to say what apps / devices a book is synced to would be useful.