See title - very frustrating. There is no way to continue to use the TV without agreeing to the terms. I couldn’t use different inputs, or even go to settings from the home screen and disconnect from the internet to disable their services. If I don’t agree to their terms, then I don’t get access to their new products. That sucks, but fine - I don’t use their services except for the TV itself, and honestly, I’d rather by a dumb TV with a streaming box anyway, but I can’t find those anymore.

Anyway, the new terms are about waiving your right to a class action lawsuit. It’s weird to me because I’d never considered filing a class action lawsuit against Roku until this. They shouldn’t be able to hold my physical device hostage until I agree to new terms that I didn’t agree at the time of purchase or initial setup.

I wish Roku TVs weren’t cheap walmart brand sh*t. Someone with some actual money might sue them and sort this out…

EDIT: Shout out to @testfactor@lemmy.world for recommending the brand “Sceptre” when buying my next (dumb) TV.

EDIT2: Shout out to @0110010001100010@lemmy.world for recommending LG smart TVs as a dumb-TV stand in. They apparently do require an agreement at startup, which is certainly NOT ideal, but the setup can be completed without an internet connection and it remembers input selection on powerup. So, once you have it setup, you’re good to rock and roll.

        • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldEnglish
          72·
          8 months ago

          “Offence” as opposed to offense, and “behaviour” instead of behavior are also non-standard for American English.

          So I looked at his post history, and sure enough, there are multiple instances of “cheque” instead of check, “centralised” instead of centralized, and other obvious uses of British or Asian English.

          Maybe NateNate60 is American by citizenship, but doesn’t appear to be a native American English speaker.

            • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              8 months ago

              Always has been two different things. America is a melting pot and the number of people here with English as a second language here is very high, perhaps higher than anywhere else, I don’t know. It’s great for me because I’ve picked up a lot of language that way. Also, I used to be able to write and spell words better than I do now, but non-American English still sticks out to me for whatever reason.

              But with the amount of trolling going on, especially by people pretending to be American leading up to the next election, it’s always a good idea to take a second look at claims of citizenship when someone’s credibility in a thread rests on their statement, “I am an American!”