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Re:Tell HN: Google is deleting people's recorded TV shows fr... by melony on Monday November 07, 2022 @07:20PM (#33514458)
If US consumer protections don't improve, then you might end up with cases in future where the Apple TV box and Chromecast are not "owned" and merely indefinitely leased. This is how your debit and credit card works. You don't even "own" the physical card and they remain property of the issuing bank.
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Re:Tell HN: Google is deleting people's recorded TV shows fr... by heavyset_go on Monday November 07, 2022 @07:35PM (#33514561)
That's exactly how the software on Apple TV and Chromecast devices are distributed. You already don't "own" the only software that can run on the devices, you're just granted a lease/license to use it in perpetuity. It's only a technicality that you "own" these devices.
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Re:Tell HN: Google is deleting people's recorded TV shows fr... by EvanAnderson on Monday November 07, 2022 @08:13PM (#33514821)
Embedded devices where you don’t have complete access are already this way. Forcing the manufacturers to call it a lease instead of a sale would be an improvement.
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