Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 7 months agoAmazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1221
arrow-up1221external-linkAmazon is now automatically playing fullscreen video ads on Fire TV9to5google.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square94fedilink
minus-squareAeroLemming@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·7 months agoWhy is it legal to bait and switch people by adding ads after you pay for it? Every single TV should be refunded.
minus-squaresmileyhead@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-27 months agoMay we think about one more question also? Why is this even possible? We should have this thing called software, that should be replecable without changing the hardware, right?
minus-squareAeroLemming@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoI also think that all consumer hardware should have mandatory open source APIs and, when viable, a way to replace the current software.
Why is it legal to bait and switch people by adding ads after you pay for it? Every single TV should be refunded.
May we think about one more question also?
Why is this even possible? We should have this thing called software, that should be replecable without changing the hardware, right?
I also think that all consumer hardware should have mandatory open source APIs and, when viable, a way to replace the current software.