It’s already well established in case law on how companies are allowed to change their EULAs with Douglas v. Talk America being the most directly comparable case to what roku is doing. The problem with case law though is it’s inherently flawed for your avarage consumer as you have to enter a costly legal battle that’s may not even be worth the financial risk and corporations know this.
What we really need is for the regulatory bodies to start enforcing the laws we already have on the books with penalties that are not just a slap on the wrist.
PhAzE@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Ot should be locked to the EULA you s9gned when you booted it up.
grue@lemmy.world 9 months ago
EULAs should just be prohibited entirely. A sale is a sale is a sale: you execute a contract with the retailer to exchange money for a good, and then you own that good no matter what some bullshit adhesion-contract EULA claims when the manufacturer tries to spring it on you after the fact. The manufacturer was never a party to the sale; they don’t get to have a say in its terms!
Sneptaur@pawb.social 9 months ago
The argument is they’re selling you a service. So you’d have to ban Eula on services and that’s just not feasible. Instead, limits on what they can and can’t do are needed.
grue@lemmy.world 9 months ago
So what? Their argument is wrong.