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No one should be trying to play Angry birds on it.
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LOL. But absolutely true.
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It seems are readers from both companies can be modded and firmware downgradable(to allow modding), unlike Sony.
However, I dislike how I have to create an Amazon account to use it (or have some functionalities disabled) or have my reading habits uploaded to their servers. In that regard, I think Kobo is more open.
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You don't
have to have an Amazon account to sideload books to your Kindle. You
do have to have a Kobo account to download books from Kobo to your Kobo reader. So I really don't see the difference.
That said, I prefer to deal with Kobo than Amazon, but I do deal with both.
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We don't need any more surveillance.
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True, 'dat.
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You are mistaken about Android phones.
Phones nowadays ships with locked bootloaders for security reasons, which can be unlocked through the manufacturers' website, no hacking necessary.
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Like hell... If I could unlock my phone through Samsung's website, I'd be thrilled. It took hackers to do it, thanks.
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Anyway, Android (AOSP) itself is open sourced and pretty much 'made for modding'.
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Yes, and no. The telcos, who still supply most of the phones in North America, quite rightly believe that allowing just anybody to modify their phones would be a support nightmare. But a simple agreement that rooting your phone makes it entirely your own responsibility should be sufficient.