Firmware 4.32.19501
Even if you have registered you can put
SideloadedMode=true in ".kobo/Kobo/Kobo ereader.conf
When I got my original H2O originally I liked that you could change the home page to have ONLY the books you are reading. The My Books has that now if you select Book on top line of Books | Authors | Series | Collections, and for Filter: Readng, and Sort: Recent
The official home page isn't ever needed. If you do buy or browse Kobo store you are better to use PC and browser. If you want web articles you are better using copy/past to Wordprocessor, format, Save As docx and convert with Calibre. Far better experience and private.
If in doubt copy the file to your PC and edit that rather than editing on the mounted Kobo storage.
I really like having "My Books" as the Home page and never used any of the things that get hidden.
So far done on two original Kobo Libra and Kobo Sage N778.
The new
SideloadedMode=true makes My Books your home page by removing Home. It also removes the pointless "Rewards" under Activity and totally removes Discover.
Some settings under More may also go.
Choice
You don't have to do it and reversion is simple by deleting the entry.
example
Code:
[ApplicationPreferences]
AIRPLANE_MODE=true
SideloadedMode=true
Don't use any editor on Windows that can't do Unix line ends. Mac and Linux are OK.
Make a renamed backup first.
Notepad++ (NOT traditional Notepad) recommended for Windows.
On Mac and Linux you need to "show hidden folders/directories"
On Windows change explorer to show file endings. A stupid idea to hide by default.