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		freehorse 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Samsung Q990D unresponsive after 1020 firmware upd... If you want your devices not to belong to you, connect them to the internet.

jimt1234 4 months ago [–]

Many devices these days are required to be connected to the internet, which is bizarre, but here we are.

freehorse 4 months ago | [–]

Yeah like these "cheap" HP printers, which have to be connected to the internet so that they can force you into a subscription, use their own inks only etc. They do not belong to you either.

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