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Originally Posted by JSWolf
What is the need to keep Readers from talking to Amazon or Kobo or B&N, etc.?
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The hability to use your own device as you want, without having to agree with an EULA. The same happens with most closed-source android and iOS apps.
EULAs are related to services, not to hardware and you normally buy the hardware without signing a contract. So you're into the right to use the hardware as you want. Open it, break it, change the software, avoid registering, etc).
Some people are worried about their data, others just simply don't want the service at all and avoid any kind of communication with mothership.