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The whole premise of the show revolved around everyone being tied together with the television
It was illegal not to have one and illegal to turn it off, or even cover ut, because they were 2 way phones and cams as well … people had to truck them around with them if they went anywhere.
Max was created as a broken signal, broke into programs, interference was meant to create that sense of the signal being interrupted and overridden.