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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/21524474
Smart display will soon default to showing ads after three hours.
- Damage ( @Damage@feddit.it ) 18•25 days ago
Fuck Amazon, but also fuck journalists who abuse words: bricking is not a synonym for “removing”
- TWeaK ( @TWeaK@lemm.ee ) English12•25 days ago
It would be a shame if people hacked their devices and loaded whatever they wanted on them.
- groet ( @groet@feddit.org ) English7•25 days ago
No!
That means people are still buying and using the device. This is a case for returning the product to Amazon/the store you brought it from citing the product is no longer fit for purpose because of changes made by the seller/manufacturer. If you live in a sensible country (sorry US) this should work.
This only stops if there is a clear and attributable loss of sales/increase in returns.
- troed ( @troed@fedia.io ) 8•25 days ago
The class action suit against Sony for removing Linux from the PS3 really showed them.
What was the payout, $5 per owner?
- groet ( @groet@feddit.org ) English1•25 days ago
Its not about getting money. Its about, in that case Sony geting a clear “this decision cost us money”.
- hydroptic ( @hydroptic@sopuli.xyz ) 2•25 days ago
That class action judgment was essentially a fee.
Fines that don’t take a significant proportion of a corporation’s yearly income until they unfuck whatever they did are just fees, they’re not effective.
- TWeaK ( @TWeaK@lemm.ee ) English1•25 days ago
Yeah I mean I wouldn’t buy one and I would encourage others not to. But if you already have it and can’t return it, make it your device, not theirs.
- Hirom ( @Hirom@beehaw.org ) 9•25 days ago
Amazon deserves being called out for this kind of ridiculous service: paying every month so that a device you brought don’t nag you with ads.
I get that a company would show ads in their newspaper, video streaming, or online service to make producing the content financially viable. But ads on a device people buy to display their own family pictures is ridiculous. Whoever thought people would welcome this idea lacks common sense.
- hydroptic ( @hydroptic@sopuli.xyz ) 5•25 days ago
I don’t understand why people buy this crap in the first place