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Originally Posted by lkmiller
I consider turning on wifi an "explicit invocation" for any device to keep itself up-to-date. To me, that's the main reason for an ereader to have wifi. Being able to check Google or Wikipedia is a side benefit.
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To be an "explicit invocation", shouldn't the behaviour be explicitly stated?
Certainly, I'm glad that one of my tablets running Android 4.2.2 doesn't automatically update itself.
For years, it has been telling me that there is a system update available. An update that will take away the ability to write files to the external SD card and which will be irreversible even after doing a factory reset.
And, thankfully, Google allows me to turn off automatic updates of apps. I got very tired of apps updating themselves and then becoming unusable on a tablet with an even older version of Android. It was a nuisance to then have to go and find older versions of the apps and sideload them to get them working again. Since disabling the automatic updates, I can manually choose which apps I want to update and which I want to leave forever as-is.
As for my two Kobos, I never turn on wifi because I do not want to have them updated to the latest firmware. I've got each set up to my preferences, and will leave that way until the end of time. Or until Kobo provides some new feature which I can't do without.
Choice is a good thing because we all have different needs. Limiting choice unnecessarily is unfortunate. But, fortunately, Kobo does leave backdoor solutions to problems open, and, fortunately, many on these forums are very helpful in sharing their knowledge.
One day, I may get around to applying the spoken of patch. Until then, if I want to surf the web on an eink ereader I will use my Onyx Note which makes for a much more pleasurable experience in that regard.