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Messy ToS update allegedly locks Roku devices until users give in

• nonrandomstring 3y ago
  We'll call this "Vendor Ransomware".
• josephcsible 3y ago
  There's no way such a thing could be enforceable, right?
  • deleted 3y ago
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  • salawat 3y ago
    That depends. Are you going to sue them for breaking your TV? If no one does, there is no solid test of the legality.
    • nonrandomstring 3y ago
      > Are you going to sue them for breaking your TV? Assuming that's what's going on and they've pushed an update that cripples the function of customer devices - rather than simply removing something server-side. My point in the above comment is that this is not a civil matter but a criminal transgression. Sabotaging the functionality of someones property, either punitively or as (ransom) leverage, invokes computer misuse. Regardless any contractual 'excuses' the company offers, that's how this needs to be prosecuted, and indeed framed in the press.
      • salawat 3y ago
        Then push your AG to get an investigation going, then press charges. Unless you do, the company will never get the message.