GooseFinger

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[–] GooseFinger@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Their recent ToS update: "We bricked your TV until you 'consent' to waiving your right to sue us if we do something illegal. Also, we won't tell you what you're consenting to up front, instead we'll make you spend hours reading through pages and pages of legal garbage to find where we buried this statement."

They know that nobody would agree to this if they put it in big bold letters right above the "agree" button, so they bury it behind hours of tedious reading so that people cave in and just "consent."

If you roofy someone's drink and pester them until they "consent" to sex, you would get thrown and jail and probably shanked in the liver. If Roku bricks the TV that you purchased and won't let it work again until you consent to something that you're nearly guaranteed to miss or not understand by design, their profits go up because people can't sue them.

This capitalism hellhole can't burn down fast enough.

[–] GooseFinger@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yep, we just gotta vote in people who will legislate it. Which means normal people who don't take ~~bribes~~ donations from corporations will need to run for office and beat those who do.

So basically we're doomed. We either need a modern day Teddy Roosevelt or we need to start building guillotines.

[–] GooseFinger@lemmy.world 74 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (18 children)

You can't trust Amazon reviews either though.

~~* Sellers frequently farm good reviews by including cards in their packages that state "give us a 5 star review and get a full/partial refund!"~~

  • Sellers update their listings with good reviews with different pictures, descriptions, etc. which effectively creates a different listing while carrying over a large review count.

~~* Amazon doesn't allow reviews after 30 days (?) from purchase, so items poor durability will not have that reflected in their reviews~~

It's a damn shame, but between this broken review system and their incredibly low quality items and quality control, they're not worth the money or headache to use. Especially since most of their products are no name Chinese garbage that are exclusively available on Amazon. They're basically Wish, Tubi, or Alibaba.

Edit: Amazon must've updated their review policy since I've last used them, 2+ years ago. They explicitly ban monetary rewards for good reviews, and I don't see a mention of review deadlines either. The only references I found about their review deadlines is a few Reddit posts from a year ago. So my bad!

If nothing's changed though, they still sell hot garbage.

[–] GooseFinger@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

Ahhh yes, but you see, on page 176 §12.4.11 of the EULA it clearly states that by using our products you've given us your consent to rip you off.

 

I'd like to create a Plex/Jellyfin server that I can open up to family and friends on other networks. I know there are security concerns with opening my home network to outside traffic like this, but I'm not educated well enough on cyber security to know what practices to avoid or how to accomplish this safely.

Something I've come across is the Firewalla Purple . It's a device that plugs into your modem to provide a firewall, DNS ad blocking, and some other cyber security features.

From what I've read, the network monitoring and security features provided by this product would solve the security concerns that come with opening a Jellyfin/Plex server to outside connections. Firewalla also provides lifetime access to their VPN with the purchase of their products, so I could stop paying for Proton if it's any good. The DNS ad blocking is a huge bonus.

How can I safely let friends and family stream from my Plex/Jellyfin server? Would this Firewalla product solve any of these issues? Is their VPN service comparable to Proton or Mullvad?

[–] GooseFinger@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago (68 children)

Why? Nuclear power is the most complex and expensive option of any clean energy source from what I know.