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Originally Posted by komali_2
Basically, it's unjust to demand user's information in return for the right to use the device they already gave you money for. Once a company gets paid for hardware, that should be the customer's computer to do whatever they want with. This is the core belief of the open source movement. .
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No, it's a corruption of the ideals of Opensource "not to register on a Kobo" because it doesn't even need a real email address. They also don't require any address or payment method.
OTOH even if you register a Kindle with a Gift card to avoid address & payment details, and Amazon has over 90% or English language ebook sales, you still need a real working email address.
The iOS and standard Android is worse.
I use Linux and have promoted Open Source soultions for twenty-five years. Fiddling with database and not simply putting a fake email address in a Kobo ereader is stupid.
Also unlike Apple, Amazon, Facebook/meta, Twitter, Microsoft, Google, Tesco and other Supermarket loyalty cards there is zero evidence that kobo shares even a working email address with anyone, though a totally fake non-functional one works. In many countries you can't get a phone SIM without confirmed personal details. In many more countries you can't open a bank account.
I agree that no-one should have to register any product, but in this case refusal to use a fake email is OTT.
Who are you protesting to?