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Originally Posted by bluepeter
Yes, it does appear to. And maybe that "somewhere" isn't even on the device itself? I've no idea what information is exchanged when the device connects, but was wondering if it transmits, say, its serial number. In this case, the server might know that it's in a range belonging to a particular affiliate, and send an update to affiliate.conf.
(This is all pure idle speculation. I have absolutely no relevant knowledge.)
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When your Kobo contacts for a firmware update, the serial number and affiliate is used to determine if you get the update until it is rolled out to all. I also remember davidfor and a discussion from mid-2020 about the affiliate.conf being reset. A quick search for 'davidfor affiliate.conf site:mobileread.com' came up with a good hit for his suggestion to change the LastAffiliateSyncTime to a future data. See this thread
FNAC affiliation reset on newer firmware (4.23.15548, maybe before) specifically
message #43 in the thread.