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All Kobo devices are 'With Offers' devices
While looking at the Kobo website Terms and Conditions, I can across the following:
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That paragraph is different for my (UK) account so the T&C must vary geographically.
For me it says: Quote:
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No, I copied in entirety everything that appears after the title "11. Miscellaneous".
I even searched for the term 'advertisement' in case it was in a different section but the only reference to advertising was in paragraph 3 and concerns users posting adverts or solicitation of products etc. |
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Perhaps they're doing a CYA because some suit-happy person might claim that the Kobo bookstore and device recommendations constitute a 'with offers'/advertising situation. (Frankly, I don't think you have to be suit-happy to use their devices or website or Desktop for a while and decide that you are using a de facto 'with offers' system - it's just that it's for books, not toothpaste and condoms.) Just my $0.02 |
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Has someone been able to solve this little kanundrum ??
I really dislike having someone put ads etc that I particularly DON'Twant TCF |
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One could always put down the intrusive toys and buy a book. I likes my porn as much as the next guy, but I get it in cash from a store. I don't link it to my email address, credit card, and have it sent to me wirelessly. YMMV.
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I remember paperbacks with ads in the middle of them.
It was an experiment that didn't last long. |
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What I miss are the back page advertisements for purchasing books from the publisher in the old Science Fiction and Fantasy books. Those ran into the taxes on inventory making them a losing proposition. Hmmm... makes me wonder what the tax folks think of ebooks? Just how do you count an ebook inventory for tax purposes? |
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If they approach the subject from the viewpoint of the major copyright holder rights organisations, then clearly they are holding in inventory a copy of the ebook for every person in the geo-region that can potentially purchase the book. |
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First paper back book I read with Salem ad I ripped it out as a reflex without thinking or pause in reading.
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if they decide to get more intrusive than that ... someone will find a hack to disable it. ![]() |
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In french we have:
Quant aux Utilisateurs inscrits qui utilisent une liseuse Kobo, Kobo se réserve le droit d'afficher des annonces publicitaires et des offres sur votre liseuse. Ces annonces publicitaires et offres peuvent être affichées lorsque l'appareil est en position « arrêt » ou en mode veille, en bas de l'écran d'accueil, en tant qu'économiseur d'écran, ou situées ailleurs dans l'interface utilisateur au choix de Kobo. Kobo se réserve le droit de modifier le logiciel de toute liseuse Kobo, y compris les améliorations, corrections de bugs et autres, en tout temps et dans l'entière discrétion de Kobo. So the same as mentionned by murg. |
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