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If this happens under EU jurisdiction, then you can deny the update and legally demand that the TV continues working. The manufacturer may not impose new rules
by madez 9y ago
If this happens under EU jurisdiction, then you can deny the update and legally demand that the TV continues working. The manufacturer may not impose new rules after the selling contract.
Fuck this wild-west anarchistic behaviour of software companies. When we have legal protection, we can make use of it.
- solidangle 9y agoAlso have a Sony Smart TV, and I live in the EU. After updating the TV, it asked me whether I wanted to enable Samba, and I simply declined. Seems to be disabled now.
- jake_the_third 9y agoUnfortunetly, it seems that the TV will still contact Samba.tv's servers regardless: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16728720 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16728720 The only way to be sure with untrustworthy devices like this is not to connect them to the network at all (i.e. use a separate device you can trust instead), or better yet, buy a dumb monitor instead.