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Roku users around the country turned on their TVs this week to find an unpleasant surprise: The company required them to consent to new dispute resolution
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Not a lawyer, but 99.9999% sure this violates the CFAA. Correct me if I’m wrong? Would t even matter if they included it in EULA or something, ‘no reasonable person…’

This has class action lawsuit written all over it.

There will certainly be many lawsuits about it, no doubt. They e shot themselves in the foot for no reason here. What a dumb move.

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