Submitted 8 hours ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to technology@lemmy.zip
https://www.webpronews.com/your-antenna-tv-shouldnt-need-the-internet-but-roku-made-it-so/
A Roku software update blocked antenna TV access without an internet connection, exposing how smart TV business models prioritize connectivity and data over basic broadcast functionality that should work offline by default.
If this is real, it’s not helped by the fact that they’re trying to put DRM in ATSC3 either.
They aren’t trying, they already did it. ATSC 3 broadcasts are encrypted in a lot of cities in the US. The FCC should have never allowed that.
laughs in my Roku being firewalled off from the internet
I don’t get or need software updates when I only watch Jellyfin anyway
lemme guess… you can’t rollback or reset and load the original oob firmware, either.
lvxferre@mander.xyz 6 hours ago
I’ll keep hammering this, because suckers still eat it for breakfast, as shown by Roku’s bullshit:
Intentions don’t fucking matter. Doubly so if coming from a company, or someone speaking in the name of one. What matters is what you do. And Roku is unreasonably gating antenna access, regardless of its “intentions”.
By the way anyone buying Roku is a sucker and deserve to be treated as one.