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Originally Posted by Ken Maltby
I purchased a reading device from Kobo, I gave them money so
that I could own the reading device. I now consider it mine,
I paid for it. It is mine to use as I wish.
Kobo's firmware does everything it can to negate my
ownership and make the operation of the device dependent
upon Kobo. They are intent on retaining control over the
device through a forced "synchronization". They have
convinced most owners that this is to provide the "owners"
with a useful service, just like with most "connected"
services, the service providers (in this case Kobo) gather
and maintain information on the users of the service,
for marketing and other purposes. They claim that this
tracking of your use of the device is to provide you with
interesting statistics for your use, of your use, and to
better tailor Kobo's ebook offerings to match your needs.
I see no problem with telling Kobo to keep their hands off
the device I paid good money for, it is mine - not theirs
anymore. They may consider it their marketing tool, but I
own it and intend to sever as much of their connection to
my property as I can.
I reject the argument that consumers must accept the after
purchase control of the device, as a part of a "Terms of
Use", or the idea that purchasing the device means you
are obligated to support Kobo's marketing efforts.
The position of some, in forums like this, that "You
can't complain or argue against Kobo's maintaining control
of the device, because you could have just not purchased
the device from Kobo", is also one that I reject.
I fully intend to find a way to remove Kobo's ability to
decide what will be displayed on "my" home screen, or
otherwise use the forced synchronization process to gain
control of my device. I will continue to call for a
change to the firmware, to allow the disabling of
"features" I find intrusive. I will continue to search
for an alternative firmware to free my device.
If this offends some diehard Kobo supporters, too bad.
You do what you want with your device and I'll do as I
wish with mine.
Luck;
Ken
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Well it is an open system. One could always do what android users do and unbloat the crap and add their own flair on it.
Usually works better than the original unless the hardware changes.
regards
JAck