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[–] [email protected] 174 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Aaaaaaand that’s why we all got the mandatory class action related agreement notifications. Scum.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I wonder if that will hold up in court for existing customers affected prior to the updated TOS.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It would not*

*Does not apply in the 5th circuit

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It probably wouldn't hold up in court, but it can be used as a bludgeon to dissuade people from filing in the first place. Roku is totally allowed to lie and say "You can't sue, you agreed to mandatory arbitration. // You can't join the class action, you agreed not to. If you do either of these things, we'll sue you."

This could easily dissuade quite a few people from litigating, limiting how much the company needs to pay out.

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