Well this was interesting to read. pro's and con's.
U think VU+ cares about this evading taxes?
Users will pay these taxes not them.
Also u all speak of the law is the law. And maffiaa, Really? This is politics isssue.
Not hardware or software related.
Nobody violates anything. This is the law. Because ppl are free to programm. Spread and distribute their programming.
There are restrictions when u do something hardware related. Like jtag. And even this is in a grey zone.
If you think the pau extension is a thread than build one yourself. If I knew code I would.
That consumers wants to record is not more than normal.
We already pay enough taxes of all kinds. Including tax for recording programms.
So why should consumers be the victim of a software related issue which a company decides to do.
We already paid it. And free programming makes it possible to make the machine better there were the manufacturer can not. Due too expensive.
For open source programmers there are different laws than for the builders.
If vu+ really wanted that it couldnt record than it would be like this.
It is like modding consoles back in the day. If they didnt want it. They could use epoxy to prevent it. Or some other coating. But they didnt.
And the real maffia is the politicians who make these stupid laws.
We already paid for recording more than enough. This is for vu+ to pay not us. So if they dont pay it is not our fault and we should not be the ZERO in this.
So thank god for open source. Thank god for openpli and all other images. And most of all thx to all the coders.