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by tsimionescu 729 days ago
TiVoization is about the inability to patch a system you bought to run different software. The TiVo boxes would refuse to run the proprietary TiVo software that did the whole magic if they detected a modified version of any of the system software, this is what annoyed RMS and led to the GPLv3. It's nothing like custom instructions.