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Originally Posted by Quoth
It also interferes with privacy. No 3rd party, especially an giant corporation, should know anything more than if they sold you a title.
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That's one of the reasons why my Kindle never leaves airplane mode. All books - purchased, KU, or library borrows - are "downloaded for USB transfer" and that's the way they get on my Kindle. Amazon knows what titles I have acquired, but not about my reading habits or speed. If they want that kind of data from me they can ask and I'll sell it to them. But they can't just take it without asking and have it for free to use for their marketing purposes or whatever they do with it.
I think my practices mean that KU authors are not paid for any of the books I download through KU. But that's not my problem. I am not obligated to take my Kindle out of airplane mode. There are other benefits to this mode beyond just the privacy concerns discussed here.