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Yearslong fight over users' right to tweak smart TV software heads to trial
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How can you not modify something you bought? That this is even a question is insane.
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.
I appreciate it’s a lot of effort, but I’m surprised that no-one has reverse engineered access to the TVs anyway.
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.
Herbal Gamer(no longer in a homeless shelter)
woah dude congratulations on getting a step up! I truly hope that things keep looking up for you so you can one day enjoy a normal television again! :D
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Yes, go ahead and rule that software licenses aren’t contracts, I dare you.
What’s the point of this argument even, like they wouldn’t have to abide by the licence of the software they’re using?
…as would the users…
I’d love to see this happen. Suddenly every proprietary software license would be voided.
Do it. Stalin would be proud.
That argument is about whether any customer of a product can sue over a failure to follow a licence, whether the FSF can sue as a customer of Vizio’s or whether they have to be representing a rights holder for one of the licences that are being breached
It’s unusual for a third party to be able to sue, so it could go either way
I’d just trim out the bloat. There’s zero reason my tv should fucking lag.