Idk, have you heard of chaebols? They basically run Korea.

Yeah, I’d only do the quick charge a few times per year, I’d trickle charge all night the rest of the year.

You’re absolutely right. The better option is to get a TV without all that crap to begin such with.

I’m just don’t saying it’s an option, that’s all.

You can support content creators without streaming services. I buy and rip DVDs and Blurays, which directly supports them.

I’m with you on the first two, but disagree on the last. To each their own I guess.

That’s his natural state.

Or just… don’t. Self hosting video content isn’t that hard, then you have full control.

If you have some technical knowhow, you can configure your router to let things like Netflix through, but not the rest of the OS. Or you can try your luck with PiHole or similar.

You been getting that noise too?

TL; DR - No. But actually maybe, depending on what you’re looking for and what you can put up with.

Are you looking to access streaming services? Or are you okay with self-hosting?

The FOSS solutions that support streaming services are pretty janky IMO because they don’t have support from the service, so you’re probably better off hooking up a laptop running Linux and access stuff in a browser. I had Netflix working through Kodi on a Raspberry Pi, for example, but like I said, it was super janky. Maybe it’s better now, idk, but check out OpenELEC and Kodi. You’ll need some hardware to run it on.

If you can self-host your videos, Jellyfin is pretty great, and I think there are a couple more options. You’ll need to get the content yourself though and connect it to the TV somehow (e.g. the Jellyfin app if you have a smart TV).

Sure, but they don’t need to be proof of anything. Rossmann reported on some users (I think there were multiple?) claiming something to be the case, and provided one bit of verifiable evidence: no access to older firmware.

Brother claims they don’t intentionally brick printers that use third party cartridges, but that’s not verifiable. Brother also didn’t mention anything about why older firmware isn’t available. That’s a significant concern, since that would be a way for customers to prove that the firmware itself is the issue (printer works -> upgrade -> broken -> downgrade -> printer works).

I think it’s 100% fair to raise the concern. It’s certainly not enough to warrant any kind of legal action, but it is enough for customers to investigate the claims for themselves. I think that’s worthwhile.

Hey, this is a Python project, use underscores.