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		jimt1234 on March 14, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Samsung Q990D unresponsive after 1020 firmware upd... Many devices these days are required to be connected to the internet, which is bizarre, but here we are.

freehorse on March 14, 2025 [–]

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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