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Originally Posted by Anak
Yes, not buying is a choice. But if you just bought one…
When Kobo announced the Aura HD I was very unhappy that they didn't release it simultatiously in North America and Europe. I contacted a local book chain (Kobos local partner in The Netherlands, where I live) that sells Kobo readers and they told me that the Aura HD was available from mid-late May.
This weekend I've cancelled my pre order. I'll wait and see how things are panning out. Pro: better resolution. Con: additional header. When added up, I'm not convinced that the outcome is still positive. The outcome may still be slightly positive but not worth to me to pay a top dollar price for.
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Quick question, isn't the header also present on the Glo and Touch (or are you referring to the fact that you can just avoid the upgrade if you wish on your current device, but then if the header wasn't always on the Aura maybe you could install an earlier firmware if it wasn't too buggy).
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Originally Posted by Lbooker
I will not buy the Aura if they keep up with this crap !
And what would prevent them from putting ads up there in a future firmware ?
Today's firmware may very well be the first step of an aggressive strategy to pollute our eyes and brains.
Let us not forget that in any corporation, stockholders order managers to be as creative as possible in their mandatory quest to extract always more money from their customers...I always expect the worst from Wall Street.
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I don't think this will happen, historically there has been very bad reactions to this kind of action. With the kindle you have all the advertising in the cheap versions but it is understood that it is subsidized by the advertisements before purchase. Adding it for no reason would likely result in a backlash. The header right now can be justified as it is something found in "real" (read: paper) books (I am not saying it is good or that it is bad, just that the decision can be justified from a viewpoint of wanting it to look more like traditional books which has nothing to do with advertising).
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Originally Posted by Lbooker
When a firmware limits the freedom of the owners of a device and of its prospective buyers to use this device the way they wanted, those who spin this new limit into a "freedom" are rightly suspected of being paid by the guilty corporation. If your brain spouts this crap out of its own free will, it is even worse.
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No one is preventing people from using their device how they wanted if you think about it. When you buy a device you should buy it for what it can do RIGHT THEN, not what it will do in the future. If the device is too buggy at launch for you then wait and buy it when it has firmware that you like and can live with when it comes to existing bugs. Then when updates come out you can choose whether or not it is worth it to you to install them. This is fine as far as functionality goes. It is not like with some blu-ray players (as well as many programs/devices) that refuse to work if you do not install the update or are not connected to the internet. That is something I dislike and abhorr as then what happens if the company goes under and the device/program can't verify its license or if the update actualy removes some functionality that was a deciding factor in my purchase (an excellent example, though it is not a personal one, is the PlayStation 2 and how you could originally install Linux on it and then the functionality was removeed in future firmwaree updates, updates which needed to be installed in order to play certain games).