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Roku’s Ultimatum: Surrender Jury Trial Rights or Lose Access to Your TVs (programming.dev)

submitted 8 months ago by caleb@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Did your Roku TV decide to strong arm you into giving up your rights or lose your FULLY FUNCTIONING WORKING TV? Because mine did.

It doesn't matter if you only use it as a dumb panel for an Apple TV, Fire stick, or just to play your gaming console. You either agree or get bent.

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[–] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 53 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Also, it's illegal in Australia for a business to make "false or misleading representations" about those rights. Maximum penalty is 10% of annual revenue.

The contract isn't just unenforceable, it's just straight up illegal.

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

Wait, does that mean we could actually see some companies get punished for making improper terms and conditions?

I would really like to see companies get strongly punished for EULAs/etc that turn out to be illegal/improper.