The Smart 4K TV I have now is totally frustrated but fully functioning, so I'm not in the market for this gen. Every so often it takes over the screen and complains it has no network connectivity and that I'm losing out! I then massage the buttons on its remote, calming its fears until it returns to its slumber. Then I hide the remote so nobody disturbs the dumb thing. #tv#smarttv
@davidaugust The largest shareholders of most companies are institutional investors. They vote for the board of directors. The board approves the CEO's compensation. The board of directors and the CEO are the same kind of people. They went to the same schools, belong to the same clubs, and have the same view of the working class. If the shareholders didn't approve of CEO compensation, it wouldn't be happening. But they believe it's merited. And in just the same way, they believe that the working class has earned their suffering.
rooting and changing the OS of smart anything, especially phones, need to be at the center of the right to repair movement, not just getting access to software drivers or hardware.
PS: i have avoided activating the Roku nonsense exactly for what the article describes.
"To opt out of #Roku's ToS update, which primarily changes the "Dispute Resolution Terms," users must send a letter to Roku's general counsel in California mentioning: "the name of each person opting out and contact information for each such person, the specific product models, software, or services used that are at issue, the email address that you used to set up your Roku account (if you have one), and, if applicable, a copy of your purchase receipt."
@blogdiva Shit like this is why I pay extra for stuff without smart anything. It’s kinda funny (not in a haha way), that we now have a privacy tax in the form of non-IoT devices being more expensive than their networked alternatives.
@cybeldp@kamikat Extractive and exploitative corporations owned by a relative handful of wealthy individuals acting in extractive and exploitative ways that benefit a relative handful of wealthy individuals? Colour me surprised.
A new spinoff series titled #StarCity is also in the works. The thriller goes back to the moment the Soviets landed on the moon, exploring the story from their perspective.
Touchante confession de l’ancien journaliste Jean-Marc Sylvestre qui galère avec ses 9000 euros de retraite mensuelle: « Ce n’est pas assez », se lamente ce nécessiteux sur C8. Alors qu’il suffirait de résilier son abonnement VOD…
A new documentary on Netflix, "The Dads," sends six men — five dads of trans kids, and Dennis Shepard, father of the late Matthew Shepard — on a fishing trip in rural Oklahoma. There, they have conversations about fatherhood and fighting to make the world safe for their kids. LGBTQ Nation's John Russell talked to director Luchina Fisher about the project.
Globally workers are striking. The days of wack-ass greedy corporations, entities and Hollywood studios exploiting workers and others with unequal bargaining power MUST END ONCE AND FOREVER. Without the workers you got NOTHING, baby. Not a pot to piss in. Or a thing to throw it out of.