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Originally Posted by issybird
This means I lose OverDrive integration on my Aura One, as of the two I'd rather avoid the new screen than download library books directly to my device.
I think this is a colossal misjudgment. The new screen should be opt-in on existing devices and if they want to start selling devices with ads from now on, they need to the customer know up front.
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Fortunately, you can patch to go back to the old home screen. Or, you can roll back to an earlier firmware.
I don't have an Aura One, but would love to have the Overdrive Integration, since I read mostly library books. I don't know if I would give that up once I had it. Then if I saw an advertisement, I might say "hey, sounds interesting, I wonder if my library has it?". After all, even if my library does not have it, Overdrive (on the computer, I don't know on the Aura One) offers a way to request that the library acquire it.
I would be optimistic that Kobo did not upgrade all of the units to the new home screen. They must be testing in some way to see how we react to this change. If we communicate with them, they may change back or change to a less intrusive version.