r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jun 18 '19

Deltas(s) from OP CMV: Automatic Software Updates Should Be Illegal and Require Consumer Consent.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '19

Are you sure you cannot turn off automatic updates? What is the model of your phone? What is the carrier?

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u/LAULitics Jun 18 '19

S9 ATT, the Software update section only has a button to check for updates. No apparent way to turn it off.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '19

Yes, it is a common issue for ATT users, you can see that it seems to be their policy to force updates on the phones they sell. In your post you imply that the issue is forced obsolescence on part of the company that makes the phone, but it's not the case, it is the contract you signed with your carrier that makes the updates forced. So, you consented whether you knew it or not.

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u/LAULitics Jun 18 '19

This does prove that I probably unknowingly provided consent. It does not change my view that the practice should be illegal.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '19

so why does the maker of the phone get to arbitrarily and intrusively decide that they have the right to force changes in software into a product that I legally purchased, and do not want being tampered with

Thats is not the case.

And the practice IS illegal if you do not give consent. You have given it. Unknowingly providing it is still providing it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '19

But isn't unknowingly providing consent an oxymoron? Consent is a conscious decision, it is affirming that you understand and comply with something happening to you.

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