Can’t we put these devices in some kind of dev mode and install software to stop this shit?
I assume these devices run some kind of Linux kernel, with a stripped down Linux distro.
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crazyminner@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
The amount of ewaste they will be producing when they push that update. Should be against some environmental laws.
jaybone@lemmy.world 5 months ago
swab148@startrek.website 5 months ago
The problem there is proprietary hardware blobs, no one’s made open-source drivers for any of the myriad TV manufacturers, each with their own OS.
jaybone@lemmy.world 5 months ago
How do emby or jellyfin devs develop clients on roku?
I would think, if you have that level of access, you could also stop or patch whatever OS services they run.
Surely you can ssh into these devices right?
0x2d@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
roku generally puts a lot of effort into security
ilmagico@lemmy.world 5 months ago
“security” for themselves, not the customer, I guess
melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Not what laws are for.
Is what guillotines are for.
JonEFive@midwest.social 5 months ago
Give me freedom from advertising or give me death.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Roku would gladly do the latter if they thought it profitable
quaddo@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Roku somehow thinking that the Ferengi rules of acquisition was a how-to guide book.
AtariDump@lemmy.world 5 months ago
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melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Bread and circuses. They’re gouging us on the bread and making the circuses inaccessible, these dipshits are practically begging for a red terror, by making the worst outcome still better than the ongoing white.