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Can you give me an example of a pricacy-respective ebook reader? I recently bought a Kobo Nia, and then returned it because it required me to create an account

Can you give me an example of a pricacy-respective ebook reader? I recently bought a Kobo Nia, and then returned it because it required me to create an account before I could use it. Afterwards I got a PocketBook Basic Lux 4. This I have been using without having had to create an account. I've also never connected it to any wifi. However, I have no way of knowing, without taking significant effort to investigate, whether it's not connecting to free wifi's and relaying back to home my books list etc..

octobus2021 3y ago
I bought Clara 2e and was very disappointed with the requirement to create an account. After some googling I found you can start it in "sideloader" mode. To do that I plugged it in as USB device and updated a config file by adding "sideloaderMode=true". After restart it skipped account creation and allowed me to start reading the books. I use Calibri to manage my books and collections. Haven't found how to add dictionaries as of yet but I think it can be done too.
arp242 3y ago
> I have no way of knowing, without taking significant effort to investigate, whether it's not connecting to free wifi's and relaying back to home my books list etc. I think this is bordering on the unreasonable to be honest. There is no reason to assume it's doing this, and it would be wildly illegal (in EU at least).
dublinben 3y ago
It’s really easy to hack a kobo to use it without registering: https://jacobalbano.com/2021/06/24/setting-up-a-kobo-without-logging-in/ https://jacobalbano.com/2021/06/24/setting-up-a-kobo-without...
- kdwikzncba 3y ago
  Ok but why would I use the device that I have to trick, when a device that doesn't require an account from factory is available? I don't wanna deal with a company that builds ebooks with the expectation that I need to register to some account.

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Can you give me an example of a pricacy-respective ebook reader? I recently bought a Kobo Nia, and then returned it because it required me to create an account

by kdwikzncba 3y ago

octobus2021 3y ago
I bought Clara 2e and was very disappointed with the requirement to create an account. After some googling I found you can start it in "sideloader" mode. To do that I plugged it in as USB device and updated a config file by adding "sideloaderMode=true". After restart it skipped account creation and allowed me to start reading the books. I use Calibri to manage my books and collections. Haven't found how to add dictionaries as of yet but I think it can be done too.
arp242 3y ago
> I have no way of knowing, without taking significant effort to investigate, whether it's not connecting to free wifi's and relaying back to home my books list etc. I think this is bordering on the unreasonable to be honest. There is no reason to assume it's doing this, and it would be wildly illegal (in EU at least).
dublinben 3y ago
It’s really easy to hack a kobo to use it without registering: https://jacobalbano.com/2021/06/24/setting-up-a-kobo-without-logging-in/ https://jacobalbano.com/2021/06/24/setting-up-a-kobo-without...
- kdwikzncba 3y ago
  Ok but why would I use the device that I have to trick, when a device that doesn't require an account from factory is available? I don't wanna deal with a company that builds ebooks with the expectation that I need to register to some account.