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Old 03-16-2025, 03:48 PM   #15
Sirtel
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Originally Posted by rashkae View Post
I don't think getting rid of the home screen (as useless as it might be) is motivation for anyone to enable sideloaded mode. Sideloaded mode simply lets you use your kobo without bothering with adding account login. It also prevents synching with Kobo's cloud account from causing any of the many known side effects. (Battery drain, and the occasional, rare but real database errors that can occur from sync bugs.). If you *only* sideload your own books, there's no reason I can think of to *not* turn on sideloaded mode.
I never sync, so have no sync issues or battery drain. Wifi is always off, automatic syncing is disabled. Yes, there is no reason not to turn it on; I just can't be bothered.

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