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Originally Posted by taustin
No, they said it's a security issue. That is not evidence of what they think.
Also, they never said what they were trying to secure. It could be the ebooks, it could be their revenue stream. Or it could be their place in the Top Ten Stupid Ways To Go Out Of Business List.
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I phrased it that way to be mildly facetious. Ordinarily, a security update is in the customer's benefit. This one was not. There was some murmuring among the regular posters that the removal of the download buttons was in response to increasing chatter on the boards about "future proofing" Nook books. Removing the download buttons does hinder that process a bit. When Alex says "Additionally, customers can also continue to sideload
other supported file formats," that's a significant difference in their earlier policy. They're fine with sideloading of other vendors' books, but not theirs. That's a big change. Overall, it
was a security update...for B&N. Or so they think.
