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If US consumer protections don't improve, then you might end up with cases in future where the Apple TV box and Chromecast are not "owned" and merely indefinite
by melony 4y ago
If US consumer protections don't improve, then you might end up with cases in future where the Apple TV box and Chromecast are not "owned" and merely indefinitely leased. This is how your debit and credit card works. You don't even "own" the physical card and they remain property of the issuing bank.
- heavyset_go 4y agoThat's exactly how the software on Apple TV and Chromecast devices are distributed. You already don't "own" the only software that can run on the devices, you're just granted a lease/license to use it in perpetuity. It's only a technicality that you "own" these devices.
- EvanAnderson 4y agoEmbedded devices where you don’t have complete access are already this way. Forcing the manufacturers to call it a lease instead of a sale would be an improvement.