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.

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    The company told TechRadar it plans to fix the issue, framing it as unintentional rather than a deliberate product decision.

    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 access to broadcasted TV, regardless of its “intentions”.

    By the way anyone buying Roku is a sucker and deserve to be treated as one.