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Firmware updates can bring image quality improvements, hardware compatibility fixes, all sorts of stuff beyond the built-in streaming apps.


Aah, the ever-present, nebulous and unlisted "bug fixes and security enhancements".

...oh, and more ads (not mentioned in the changelog).

...and feature removals (not mentioned in the changelog).

...oh, and you can't downgrade (not mentioned in the changelog).

Firmware updates are fine, but it should definitely be illegal to not allow a device to be returned by a consumer to the precise functionality it had at the time of purchase.

I can't believe people have been brainwashed to accept this as normal.




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