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 9 months ago
The amount of ewaste they will be producing when they push that update. Should be against some environmental laws.
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.
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.
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?
roku generally puts a lot of effort into security
“security” for themselves, not the customer, I guess
melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Not what laws are for.
Is what guillotines are for.
JonEFive@midwest.social 9 months ago
Give me freedom from advertising or give me death.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Roku would gladly do the latter if they thought it profitable
quaddo@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Roku somehow thinking that the Ferengi rules of acquisition was a how-to guide book.
AtariDump@lemmy.world 9 months ago
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melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 9 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.