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Kobo e-readers collect telemetry on your sideloaded books, and there's no official way to opt out (github.com)
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Your Kobo Knows Every Book You've Ever Read

See https://github.com/seandheath/koboctl

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[โ€“] Elextra@literature.cafe 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I would like to know as well. Maybe they need it to grow? Everyone around me still uses Amazon and Kindles unfortunately and don't even know about Kobos existence until I mention it. Even then people are afraid of change. Or somehow its really hard.