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Re:Read this before you buy that TV streaming stick by iamnothere on Thursday July 30, 2026 @09:47PM (#49118124)
That sounds like a fast track to government control of what operating systems are allowed. These aren’t just electronics, they are low power computers that happen to have an OS and software preinstalled.

(I’d be open to a rule that devices must allow users to wipe the devices and install their own OS.)

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Re:Read this before you buy that TV streaming stick by skybrian on Friday July 31, 2026 @02:17AM (#49119620)
On the other hand, I suppose if the OS on a TV stick ran in a hardware-enforced sandbox that restricted network access to certain necessary domains, it couldn't be used for scraping websites and ad fraud? It's not being sold as a general-purpose computer so maybe it shouldn't be one.
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