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Roku OS home screen is getting video ads for the first time (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 22 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

If shit like this keeps going, soon my car is going to be homemade out of 2x4s and a backyard-forged 2 stroke engine, while I try to turn sand into chips so I can stay connected to the Internet...

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    I've already resolved to not buy cars newer than the ones I already have (from the '90s and 2000s).

    (It sucks 'cause it means I can't have an EV unless I find one of those super-low-volume '90s fleet compliance cars or build my own.)

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I am not beginning to drive any time soon so not much knowledge on cars, but seen from videos and discussions that at least in some models telematics are done by a box that can be unplugged, and it depends what functionality you can lose from this. Buying only old is probably not a longterm option, so would instead be looking at disarming upcoming ones. We really need a database on how eadily it is done by model and what impact it would have.

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