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Originally Posted by fabricalado
All valid points that you're all offering, and yet they're more reasons not to register a device, imo! If it's possible to sideload books on a Kindle, there's less need to register mine.
Maybe the question is, or is turning into, why do some people trust Amazon/Rakuten/etc with their data and others don't? Here I think it's totally possible to hold contradictory positions: you can buy a Kindle, Kobo etc, and still not trust these companies 100%.
(I'm in Canada, but we have Overdrive here! And yes, that would be a reason for me to register, since I think it's not possible to use it otherwise.)
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If you buy eBooks from any eBookstore, you will have to give your information to them. Also, if you buy a Kindle from Amazon, you already have an account.
What is there to distrust about Amazon, Kobo, and the others?
Also, you have to give your information to Overdrive if you want to use it and it's no worse then giving your info to Amazon or Kobo.