My blender manufacturer has retroactively revoked my ability to make smoothies, and my auto manufacturer says I am no longer able to transport groceries.
If you still have access to your purchased content, then there is no law suit, let alone a class action one. You Americans.
On second thoughts, I take that back. Thanks to you Americans, there probably will be a class action law suit. But I doubt that it will be successful. You still have access to your purchased content.
There will however be a new entry at https://killedbygoogle.com/ [killedbygoogle.com] , and that one will succeed.
I don't own a Roku set-top box ir a Samsung, LG,... smart TV and never have, so by Slashdot house rules this clearly makes me the entity best qualified to give a final, authoritative comment on the matter. [*]
Which is:
You're not only buying the content; you're buying a device with a specific feature, namely to access said content in a specific way. So, yes, class action waiting to happen. It's like somebody turned your blender into a set of knives plus a juice press overnight, and their defense is "you don't get to sue because you can still chop the carrots". Sorry doesn't work like that.
[*] I'm also not American, which means that your "+1 NotAmerican" bonus is powerless with me.
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This. It was sold with that capability clearly advertised on the actual box. Implied that it would be for the functional life of the product.
Class action waiting to happen. And hopefully this will sort out anyone else trying the same shit.
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If you still have access to your purchased content, then there is no law suit, let alone a class action one. You Americans.
On second thoughts, I take that back. Thanks to you Americans, there probably will be a class action law suit. But I doubt that it will be successful. You still have access to your purchased content.
There will however be a new entry at https://killedbygoogle.com/ [killedbygoogle.com] , and that one will succeed.
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I don't own a Roku set-top box ir a Samsung, LG, ... smart TV and never have, so by Slashdot house rules this clearly makes me the entity best qualified to give a final, authoritative comment on the matter. [*]
Which is:
You're not only buying the content; you're buying a device with a specific feature, namely to access said content in a specific way. So, yes, class action waiting to happen. It's like somebody turned your blender into a set of knives plus a juice press overnight, and their defense is "you don't get to sue because you can still chop the carrots". Sorry doesn't work like that.
[*] I'm also not American, which means that your "+1 NotAmerican" bonus is powerless with me.