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Yearslong fight over users' right to tweak smart TV software heads to trial (arstechnica.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.world
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[–] 47 points 5 months ago (1 child)

How can you not modify something you bought? That this is even a question is insane.

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  • [–] 30 points 5 months ago

    Yep, don't let them even convince you this is a question that's allowed. Even allowing it to be framed like this is a win to them. When I buy something it's mine. I can smash it with a hammer, I can fix it, I can modify it.

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    • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I appreciate it's a lot of effort, but I'm surprised that no-one has reverse engineered access to the TVs anyway.

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    • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I'm in a furnished government apartment (no longer in a homeless shelter), and it comes with a Vizio TV. I can't even use the fucking thing without creating an account. So it sits there doing nothing, because I refuse to even make a spam account setup.

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