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You bought a device that obeys its manufacturer instead of you. A device you have no control over. Or maybe I'm wrong - did the $X you paid for ads-free also g
by like_any_other 1y ago
You bought a device that obeys its manufacturer instead of you. A device you have no control over.
Or maybe I'm wrong - did the $X you paid for ads-free also give you root access?
- neilv 1y agoGood question. This is a locked-down device that's controlled more by the company than by me. Which I bought for pragmatic business reasons. Don't worry, I have a home full of Debian, OpenWrt, Coreboot, a non-'smart' TV, GrapheneOS, etc. There are no IoT devices, and I go out of my way to avoid buying devices with IoT shoved in. For reasons obvious to people who know how they work, and who know what their business priorities and track records are. Also, in startups, I usually use open source, avoid unwarranted vendor lock-in and certain known-jerk companies, and try to work with people who are similarly-minded about such practices (it's a useful signal of better-than-average people who care, IME).