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I wish there were legal protections against this kind of thing. Even worse, I’ve had updates break stuff that might never get fixed. For example, I have Roku
by donmcronald 3y ago
I wish there were legal protections against this kind of thing. Even worse, I’ve had updates break stuff that might never get fixed. For example, I have Roku TVs and a recent update broke CEC.
The updates aren’t for my benefit, because my TVs worked fine from day one. Instead, the updates are to push more and more advertising and recommendations. It’s to the point where my TVs are slow, bloated, half broken trash. They’re definitely not what I bought off the store shelf.
- add-sub-mul-div 3y agoRoku is the worst thing to happen to TVs since motion smoothing.
- SnazzyJeff 3y ago[dead]
- DyslexicAtheist 3y agoif you're a vendor and wish to sell IoT enabled consumer devices in EU 2025 then the Radio Equipment directive and the CRA force you to keep these _things_ updated in the name of security. And there is nothing that forces you (the vendor) to keep security upgrades separate from features. So in practice you can force upgrades that then cripple features (for monetization) and in the name of cybersec. :/
- drstewart 3y ago>I wish there were legal protections against this kind of thing. Even worse, I’ve had updates break stuff that might never get fixed. If we just make bugs illegal, there will be no more bugs.