131
Roku and TCL are being sued for allegedly bricking smart TVs with bad updates
(www.androidauthority.com)
this post was submitted on 04 May 2026
131 points (99.2% liked)
Technology
6795 readers
113 users here now
News community around technology, social media platforms, information technology and governmental policy surrounding it.
What doesn't fit here?
The core of the story has to be technology focused.
- If article mentions "AI" in a sentence and then talks about business economics that doesn't make it tech news.
- Gaming is too many layers removed from technology. There are many dedicated communities that are a better fit for it.
- Transporation is too many layers removed from technology. EVs while use many cool technologies have many dedicated communities that are a better fit for it.
- Entertainment is too many layers removed from technology. While sometimes it can fit here, business or cultural aspects of it are a better fit for dedicated communities.
- Cybersecurity. While it heavily focuses on technology, most of the time it's too technical for most people who are not already invested in it. Should be posted in a dedicated communities unless it has broader connection to other tech areas.
Post guidelines
Title format
Post title should mirror the news source title. If you don't like the title of article, look for an alternative source instead of editorializing it.
URL format
Post URL should be the original link to the article (even if paywalled) and archived copies left in the body. It allows avoiding duplicate posts when cross-posting.
[Opinion] prefix
Opinion (op-ed) articles must use [Opinion] prefix before the title. Opinion articles refer to articles that their publisher doesn't explictly endorse.
Country prefix
Country prefix can be added to the title with a separator (|, :, etc.) if the news is from a local publisher who doesn't clearly mention the country.
Rules
1. English only
Title and associated content has to be in English.
2. Use original link
Post URL should be the original link to the article (even if paywalled) and archived copies left in the body. It allows avoiding duplicate posts when cross-posting.
3. Respectful communication
All communication has to be respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences.
4. Inclusivity
Everyone is welcome here regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.
5. Ad hominem attacks
Any kind of personal attacks are expressly forbidden. If you can't argue your position without attacking a person's character, you already lost the argument.
6. Off-topic tangents
Stay on topic. Keep it relevant.
7. Instance rules may apply
If something is not covered by community rules, but are against lemmy.zip instance rules, they will be enforced.
Companion communities
!globalnews@lemmy.zip
!interestingshare@lemmy.zip
Icon attribution | Banner attribution
If someone is interested in moderating this community, message @brikox@lemmy.zip.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I have worked on TCL TVs in the past. It's the worst piece of shit I have ever seen. TVs running Linux with the oldest kernels, and the worst scripts to boot this piece of shit. It doesn't surprise me that they have bad updates.
The worst I have seen: when the display is freezing for a few seconds, it means that the
gstreamerpipeline has crashed big time, and the TV is literally rebooting to pretend that "something is happening."Also they make TVs for Toshiba and maybe more. Don't buy Toshiba TVs, it's Chinese bash scripts behind. Have fun somehow if you get one of those.
That's unfortunate. I used two TCLs at a gf's house and they were the fastest things I've ever used. I was able to push any button and control the menu in like less than 2 seconds after booting.
Here's hoping they can get the updates figured out. I'm thinking they'd be my next TV, tbh
Probably not booting, but woken up from sleep
Tbh there will be nothing but Chinese left in a few years. This year even Sony is exiting the market.
They honesty aren't that bad considering
You should see their competitors
A Costco employee pushed TCL when I was looking at TVs. They had better specs on paper, were bigger, brighter, more pixels etc per dollar, and I’m sure they move a lot of units because of that. Bummer.