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Originally Posted by delph
I'm quite privacy minded, but for me this had nothing to do with privacy. I reformat every book I buy to make it easier for me to read, so I sideload everything. My Kobo was unregistered just so I didn't have to deal with the hoops involved in keeping my purchases from showing up twice (the purchased version and sideloaded version). I recognize that I'm not the typical user in this regard, at least not outside of these forums, and this isn't a big deal to many people who'd prefer the Amazon-like experience. That being said, it falls under the category of minor annoyance to me, not something to actually make me angry at Kobo. Life is short; I can shrug over this and deal with it.
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I'm also very privacy conscious, but I didn't mind signing up for an account when I got my first Kobo, it was a very very minor annoyance. But there's no personal details, no billing info, absolutely nothing but the email address, so I don't understand why some are so against it, especially when Kindles require linking to Amazon accounts.
Since you also buy from Kobo and I can understand you not wanting the hassle of double books, but why not just create a 2nd Kobo account for the reader only with a different email address, one you never make a purchase from. That would solve the problem of the double book downloads and end the hassle of trying to keep the reader unregistered.
Like you, I only purchase my books through my PC and sideload all books. Nothing is so urgent I need to download it to my reader right then and there.