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A comment on RootMyTV is a user-friendly exploit for rooting/jailbreaking LG webOS smart TVs. Parent comment

Re:RootMyTV is a user-friendly exploit for rooting/jailbreak... by matheusmoreira on Friday September 30, 2022 @12:16PM (#33036844)
There is no "trade" here. I make an HTTP request, their servers send a reply with free data. If they don't want to serve me, all they need to do is return 402 Payment Required.

It's not like I'm hacking into their servers and exfiltrating data against their will.

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Re:RootMyTV is a user-friendly exploit for rooting/jailbreak... by eropple on Sunday October 02, 2022 @02:40PM (#33058885)
This is pretty silly. You aren't Fighting The Man by not receiving ads paying for the stuff you consume. Google is The Man and they'll be fine. But they don't pay creators for videos viewed via adblock, and I sure hope you're putting money in the till for them.
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