Here's the cable industry's counter offer to fix TV boxes
https://www.engadget.com/2016/06/17/heres-the-cable-industrys-counter-offer-to-fix-tv-boxes/
Of course, leaving the software in the cable industry's hands
means there's no assurance the apps will be any good, which
could put us right back in the same place. Also, it's a five
year commitment (with the potential for renewal), with two
years to roll the apps out. A group called INCOMPAS (that
counts Google, Level 3, Netflix and TiVo among its members)
issued a statement (PDF) in response saying the cable-backed
plan is an attempt to "delay negotiations."
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If I had to name an example of the very worst consumer-facing firmware
in common use, most conventional set-top boxes would be around the top
of the list. So incredibly awful.
--Lauren--
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