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Old 12-04-2020, 04:58 PM   #145
JSWolf
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Originally Posted by Ghitulescu View Post
What are the benefits of "registering"?
And are those benefits balancing the disadvantages?

Everyone should decide, and behave accordingly.
It's not paranoia. It's a facts-based decision.

Those accusing others of paranoia don't live either in a house made of transparent glass house, since they have "nothing to hide".
You have to register a Kobo in order to use it. A Kindle can be used unregistered, but you do lose some features.

There is no disadvantage to registering. I have a Kindle PW3 and a Kobo Aura H2O that have been registered for about six years for the Kobo and about 4 years for Kindle. Not once have I had a single problem. I do keep WiFi off most of the time. The Kindle originally wasn't mine, but it was registered and again no problems at all. I know of other Readers that are registered with no problems at all.

Can you please show us examples of problems with having a Reader properly registered?
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