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Originally Posted by NullNix
It's not the first time. Page Flip was remotely turned on after being shipped, as well.
This is perfectly normal alpha/beta testing: you ship the code for both the old and new UI to everyone, then enable the new UI for an increasingly larger percentage of users as time goes by
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It's totally wrong. The sort of stupidity that MS has been doing since release of Win10, though even there you CAN block updates if you are expert.
Some people don't even have WiFi, or even Internet, they rely on a someone else to download books or firmware, and even copy/install it.
Changes in behaviour should be in Read Me, available before update. NEVER remotely after install at a later date. Some changes in updates are plain abusive (Like Kobo and MS have done like adding adverts to GUIs that didn't have them to HW you bought ages ago).
I'm not saying the feature is wrong, should have been in the GUI from the beginning and isn't complicated. I've written plenty of GUIs for desktop and embedded systems. The delivery method is wrong. Changes in behaviour, even if enhancements, bug fixes or good other than by an EXPLICIT update are wrong. Also it's wrong to have forced updates except on things owned by the supplier (like a Cable Modem).