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Originally Posted by sealbeater
Obviously. However, they are selling hardware. Most attempts to tie hardware to services fail and rightly so. If someone is planning on side-loading books, they certainly aren't looking for a service.
All I need is an e-reader. I'm quite happy to not give Kobo money for their service and I'm sorry for anyone who had to sacrifice their privacy to read.
Let's be clear. When you register your device, they are getting and keeping and analyzing and indexing and cross-referencing an lot more than an non-existent email address.
The very fact that they don't care what email address you use just that you "register" the device should tell you they are tracking other stuff.
According to https://www.eff.org/pages/reader-privacy-chart-2012
The Kobo "seems to have the capability to keep track of book searches because it indicates that it shares those searches with third parties".
All of this is behavior you have agreed to and condone with your purchasing power.
Now, feel free. People should just know what they are getting into. |
Ok interest peaked. Please name me one hardware that came with services and failed completely.