Body: <p>What are the cons to register a Kindle with an Amazon account?  Not so much whether a Kindle is <a href="https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/q/6149/9853">usable</a>, nor whether account is <a href="https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/q/6426/9853">required</a> but, once account is linked to a device, what then are the downsides.</p>
  
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Comments.CreationDate: 2018-03-22T16:49:55.327Z
Comments.Text: I was amazed at the quantity of free books.
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Title: What are the negatives of linking a Kindle to an account?
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ThreadText: # What are the negatives of linking a Kindle to an account?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-03-09)
  
  What are the cons to register a Kindle with an Amazon account? Not so much whether a Kindle is [usable](https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/q/6149/9853), nor whether account is [required](https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/q/6426/9853) but, once account is linked to a device, what then are the downsides.
  
  **Tags:** kindle, amazon, drm, file-format, license
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: I was amazed at the quantity of free books.  
  
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