But definitely keep doing it everywhere else.
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What’s funny to me is instead of making a law all manufacturers would need to agree to, they “reached a deal with Samsung.” This is Texas power grid energy
Queue massive splash screen with a wall of text and an "accept" or "decline" button.
If you press "decline" no online services function.
If only they'd make it that easy
True 😭
Finding a non smart TV is it's own chore
Just block that mfer at the router
"stop"
"It's just the data we need to protect our business. It's legitimate interest, I promise"
I'm really curious if there is a planned review of Samsung's changes here. It seems awfully easy to change the TOS and claim changes were made while just continuing business as usual (yes, this is contradictory to the court order, but would it matter?). Samsung likely has already calculated how much money it would cost to do it that way (i.e. probable costs of fines, if caught) in comparison with how much money the whole endeavor takes in.
They could have barred Samsung from selling TVs in the state until a third party reviewer signs off on their changes. But that would mean handing an actual consequence to a corporation, and of all states, it's definitely not happening in Texas.
You mean "stop telling them about collecting data".
Actually very rare Texas W
Oh we're sorry to have so many photos of you having sex. We won't tell you anymore.