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Old 12-08-2015, 03:22 PM   #62
eschwartz
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Originally Posted by the.Mtn.Man View Post
Wanting to use third-party "hacks" on a device you own is fine. Complaining that those "hacks" are not officially supported is not.
So... what you're saying is that no one has a right to be anything but a fanboi over anything Kobo does.
Despite that one of the big draws of a Kobo is the fact that you don't need to jailbreak it to hack it.

People should be accustomed to and accepting of any time Kobo closes a loophole that allowed you to do something you wanted to do. Because after all, official support is everything -- and the end of all things.

Oh well, the forum was fun while it lasted, but I guess there's no real point now that only the official firmware is allowed to matter to users.


Feeling entitled to have Kobo at your beck and call to fix anything you say needs fixing is one thing.
Saying "Kobo changed something in a way that breaks my unofficial workflow, and I no longer have the patience to modify my Kobo to match my needs", is another thing.


I think there is a difference in those mindsets. And I am pretty sure @rashkae meant the latter.



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Personally, I am not sure why Kobo needed to implement something that doesn't help them and throws up barriers to using a hack. It's almost like they were deliberately trying to break fake registration.
Which is certainly their right.
But I think it is eminently reasonable for someone who will specifically only use a fake-registered Kobo to be frustrated.
And I don't see why they should be shouted down for expressing that frustration.

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