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Originally Posted by fabricalado
As for Kobo, this comes from Firefox's Privacy not Included list of Christmas gifts, which put the Kobo on #8 in terms of creepiness (their term, not mine):
"While it is nice to have an e-reader option that is not tied to Amazon and all the data collection Amazon does, it doesn't mean you're off the hook when it comes to data collection with Kobo's e-readers. They may share your personal Information with service providers, business partners or affiliates, retail partners, or by selling it to third parties for marketing purposes. And, we're not sure you can even delete the data they collect on you. You can request that data be corrected. There was no mention of deletion in the privacy policy."
Keyword here is that Kobo may do creepy stuff. They may not.
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I've had an account with Kobo for 7-8 years or so. I have not once been contacted for marketing purpose by any third part company because of Kobo. That should be proof enough that it's OK to register a Kobo.
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This may be true, but what, and how much do you know about OverDrive?
I don't know them well to say they haven't been involved in nefarious practices in the past.
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You have to ignore what Overdrive did in the past. Overdrive was sold recently and now belongs to KKR as of June 2020. So anything Overdrive did wrong in the past is in the past with previous owners.
I've had an account with Overdrive for at least as long as my Kobo account and again, nothing wrong.
I've had my Amazon account before eInk Readers existed and again nothing wrong.
So if I can have an account for many years and not have a problem, why do you think you will have a problem?