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Originally Posted by haydnfan
This is not geo-blocking as your other post suggests. There are different pricing models and regional discounts based upon many factors. Grabbing a discount meant for people in Taiwan is not the same as buying an ebook that is not available in Australia.
Faking an address to get a discount is not that much different from piracy. While your government condones faking an address to have full access to Netflix, I doubt that they would look upon defrauding Kobo as legal, ethical behavior. Not that they would take the time to slap you over it... but certainly you should be able to see these are not the same things at all?
If you think the author and publisher are not deserving of the money they are asking for a book I see three ethical and legal solutions:
(a) don't read it,
(b) buy a physical copy second hand,
(c) check it out of the library.
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You are entitled to consider this an issue of ethics, that is your opinion.
I continue to see this as an issue of geo restrictions, that is my opinion.
You are not entitled to suggest that I have stolen from or defrauded anyone ....