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reverendsteveii@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

If you can’t see that the issue is that the TOS could include anything the company wants and that disagreeing means the device I already paid for is intentionally bricked then I don’t know what to tell you.

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Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
They’ve always been able to do that; it’s often the very first fucking paragraph of a TOS. If you’re just now noticing it I don’t know what to tell you.

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- harmsy@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  What flavor is that boot you’re licking? Must be pretty tasty.
  
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  - Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I don’t agree with the practice; but at this point it’s not like you can do shit about it. It wasn’t the point the article was making, either, which is what I have issue with; The shoddy journalism.
    
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    reverendsteveii@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    but at this point it’s not like you can do shit about it *except not buy products that do it and tell other people about it so they can do the same just like we’re doing in this thread you defeatist weiner
    
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ArgentRaven@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I have a great business idea - sell a roku-like device for half the price and a .99 cent subscription fee. Then when I’ve captured the market I force them to accept draconian new terms that cost way more or I brick the device. By then it’s too late and I can suck all the money out of it from the people that can’t switch.

And if they don’t like it? Too bad; they signed away their rights to sue.

It’s a foolproof plan! As long as I don’t get shot in the street but justifiably angry customers.

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