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Roku and TCL are being sued for allegedly bricking smart TVs with bad updates
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this post was submitted on 04 May 2026
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No connection,no issue.
A couple months back, I had an Internet outage, and decided to just watch some over the air TV. My TCL TV wouldn't even display the standard TV broadcast without an Internet connection.
I had to give Roku internet access to scan over the air channels for "reasons"... however, I am able to watch OTA channels now with no access for Roku TV
If I bought a tv the required internet access, I'd return it.
This is the answer.
I agree with the sentiment... sadly it's almost getting to the point where if you stuck to your guns on that one, you may not find a TV you could buy
Maybe we should Boycott TV'$ altogether? We have the internet, we have local free AI models, we have the ability to code and draw.
sure, if it comes to that, we can definitely do it
Not with that attitude you won't.
The tcl doesn't have this issue source: hotel stay