There is a boundary there, somewhere, that gets crossed when passing from the realm of a dedicated device for a specific purpose and a multipurpose (or potential multipurpose) device.
Perhaps I would get laughted out of court, at least as I posed my argument.
But I don't think that means there isn't a boundary that needs to become defined legally.
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I had to buy a new television this week.
Since I don't like the idea of a television that tracks what I watch anymore than I like an eBook reader that tracks what I read ...
I purchased the 'dumbest' of the non-smart televisions I could find with the other features that I wanted.
Skimming throught the manufacturer's booklet -
I find an offer for the source code of the GPL, LGPL and MPL licensed software used in the device.
Say what?
Am I going to need to find the serial port on my new television, just to see what is going on here?
Drat.