And they do. My Philips TV didn't even ask for DNS until hardcoded IPs for Netflix et al. timed out. And when it did, it asked Google, not my router.
Aqarius
Forgot to shuffle accounts around, I guess.
IDK, FRY was de facto kicked out of the UN in 1992.
Nah, see,, some people would like to return to the time when saying "terrorist" would get people foaming at the mouth and approve whatever the military wants.
She's stealing the planet's cool! Stop her!
I... get the feeling you're not trying to have a conversation about the particular incident in the OP article. Which is fine, and good, but don't overproject.
Simple, we wrrie down the information on how to read the discs!
Nah, blinking when done. It's a call to action of sorts.
Oh, it's not the concern that's funny, if they had that selfawareness it would be admirable. Instead, you have people pat themselves on the back for how aware they are every time they encounter a validating piece of propaganda they, of course, fall for. Big "I know a messiah when I see one, I've followed quite a few!" energy.
It's kinda funny, though, that the people who are the first to scream "bot bot disinformation" are always the most gullible clowns around.
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