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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Where do you buy eBooks? Do you buy using a credit card or bank card? If you do, then it's no real difference to registering.
Thing is, there comes a time when we have to give our information no matter how we feel about the company involved. It's either that are don't do business with them and we may not have that choice. For example, there are a lot of people who think Comcast is the devil but they don't have a choice. It's either that do without hi-speed Internet.
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Agreed that at some point we all have to compromise.
Still, there's a distinction to be made here: using a bank/credit card to buy a book is something you can't opt out of, whereas registering is optional.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
If you buy eBooks from Amazon and pay using a credit or bank card but do not register, then (IMHO) that's hypocritical. Same goes for Kobo, B&N, Tolino, etc.
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I'll admit it sounds incoherent, but why hypocritical? Can't people spend money on a product and still distrust the seller?
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I would not be happy if my bank or cell phone service provider said they were going to do whatever they wanted with my data. But they don't do that.
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Oh yeah, about that,
see if your carrier's here