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  1. Amazon to brick 1-year old hardware. No customers were consulted. And there is no mechanism that forces them to take responsibility.

    arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/0

    But you knew that. The big question I often think about is, why do people still buy these unscrupulous bait-and-switxh products from Si Valley ? Surplus income ? Shiny new thing syndrome ? Blind plebian faith in the ultra rich ?

    #SiValleyGrift #UsersAreFodder #amazon #echo #ConsumerApathy

  2. Amazon to brick 1-year old hardware. No customers were consulted. And there is no mechanism that forces them to take responsibility.

    arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/0

    But you knew that. The big question I often think about is, why do people still buy these unscrupulous bait-and-switxh products from Si Valley ? Surplus income ? Shiny new thing syndrome ? Blind plebian faith in the ultra rich ?

    #SiValleyGrift #UsersAreFodder #amazon #echo #ConsumerApathy