So the one orchestrating them would have an even stronger claim to having 'created' something, given its simply a tool?

I haven't seen people say it's indistinguishable quality, but that it doesn't matter. Quite similar to mass-produced foods in the supermarket, actually. We all know they're not as good as a small batch made by hand by someone, but they still get the job done.

Uh, no? It obviously matters.

The market for small batch locally made produce is huge. Entire grocery stores dedicated to local organic offerings is the standard in every upper middle class neighborhood on the entire west coast. The reason is obvious: a salad made with crappy tomatoes is a crappy salad.

We aren’t at this point in software yet because most consumers of software have no taste

Then do that? At the very least, the presence of more code(/recipes) does not hinder an individual trying to do it themselves.

You've almost perfectly described Delamain and his side missions from Cyberpunk 2077

YA example of there is no original idea left. However, I'm not a gamer and had no idea what Cyberpunk 2077 is/was without having to look it up. So at least I'm not guilty of absorbing all content on the planet and regurgitating it as if it were an original idea while charging you $20/month.

Its the OP's profile picture, edited with a Red Hat fedora.

Android is getting close, with Google adding desktop support akin to Samsung's Dex when the phone is connected to a dock.

I had a Motorola Atrix and Lapdock years ago, and wished that concept had taken off. The phone was lacking in performance which made it difficult to use in "laptop" mode.

The modern phone I have is a "cheap" Xiaomi POCO F7 Ultra which has incredible performance, only hampered by the USB2 connectivity. If a dock existed for other phones, I would use this all day.

Put a WiFi NIC in monitor mode and see if the TV is connected to another AP based on the 802.11 packets.

Or if this theoretical implementation by a manufacturer is using a custom protocol/frequency (very unlikely for a variety of reasons), you'd begin by probing with an SDR.

Which part of that qualifies as trivial?

I only semi-agree with GP; it's trivial for someone who works in Tech to pull it off, but that's really all you need to blow the lid on the whole operation given manufacturers would likely have implemented the same behavior across all TVs of the same model/product segment.

How do you think? By broadcasting an open WiFi network and seeing if it connects and requests a DHCP Lease.

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At the very least, you can be sure they'll never change the terms of the agreement to be more beneficial for you, though.

So just treat it as a best case scenario, knowing that it can get even worse.

Just assume the worse then, save yourself some time.

Well yeah, that's kinda the idea, but sometimes it's nice to know what 'the worst' will entail

At this point every EULA or TOS change should begin with the heading:

We Are Altering The Deal. Pray We Don't Alter It Any Further