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How can you not modify something you bought? That this is even a question is insane.
Yep, don't let them even convince you this is a question that's allowed. Even allowing it to be framed like this is a win to them. When I buy something it's mine. I can smash it with a hammer, I can fix it, I can modify it.
I'm in a furnished government apartment (no longer in a homeless shelter), and it comes with a Vizio TV. I can't even use the fucking thing without creating an account. So it sits there doing nothing, because I refuse to even make a spam account setup.
(no longer in a homeless shelter)
woah dude congratulations on getting a step up! I truly hope that things keep looking up for you so you can one day enjoy a normal television again! :D
I appreciate it's a lot of effort, but I'm surprised that no-one has reverse engineered access to the TVs anyway.
Should make it where it basically deletes all the crap and just lets the TV be a TV.
this post was submitted on 20 May 2026
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