LettucePrey

You should absolutely be treating the US government as a hostile entity. Many Americans are also treating it as such, and are organizing emergency preparations (mainly go-bags) for things like martial law, civil war, and being targeted as a result of belonging to a prohibited minority group. You should take the US government's threats seriously. We are.

100%

I hope with time we can prove to you that there's Americans here fighting against this. I know it doesn't look great now, and don't blame you for hating us and our country. As an American, I also hate us and our country.

I know Europeans hate us Americans and I understand why. I've never supported Trump and have fought with my dollar, vote, and time, but I am just too ashamed to show my face in the EU any time soon.

firmware updates, then I forget the network on the device and then denylist the MAC address

lmao, what a tool

If you factory reset your Bravia and then decline all the Google features (don't sign in, etc.) it's about as close to a dumb TV as you can get these days.

Yes, tragically. Don't buy a Samsung Odyssey monitor like I did. It takes 7 button presses to change the input and there's a Disney+, Netflix, and Prime Video dedicated buttons on the remote.

I'm looking to "down"-grade ASAP.

My TV and computer monitor are deny-listed on my router, and I'm angry that I even have to do that.

I think this diff makes it pretty clear its time to run, not walk: https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/114078708183574404

100%. There was a shortage of traffic controllers before the firings even began, this only exacerbated a bad situation.

Came here to recommend this. Cheers! 🍻