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Internet Old One posted:I don't understand how businesses can get hosed by MS the same way over and over and over and they fall for it every time. Because qualified IT people are not making those decisions. It's always some C level shithead that only sees immediate dollar value backed up by people who invested their lives in microsoft certifications and can barely operate a toaster
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Time_pants posted:If this happens and we let them get away with it, we deserve everything that happens next. How do you stop them though? Even if groceries weren't a necessity or a monopoly, what action could you take? Boycotts don't work because they still get plenty of customers. Doritos cost 8 dollars now and are barely even seasoned, and Frito-lay still makes enough to keep raising the price more. Realistically, the answer is [radio interference -unintelligible] but I doubt people have it in them to resort to violence or deal with the cybernetic police state.
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steinrokkan posted:I love edging Are you going to upgrade to Microsoft Jelq?
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SweetMercifulCrap! posted:There are only two brands that come to mind for me where the vast majority of their products I have bought or tried have been crap: Samsung, and Black & Decker. Samsung is typically considered a good tech brand by the general public and they absolutely do not deserve to be, and it's probably entirely because of their Galaxy phones and cheap TVs. I've had Samsung Galaxy phones from S3 through S10, and literally every single one physically broke within 18 months. I had Iphones before/after that, and I've only physically broken one, which tbf it was in my pocket when I crashed pretty hard on an electric bike. I've had two Black and Decker jigsaws break within moments of being removed from the box However I had a Lucky Goldstar TV back in the 80s and that mofo wouldn't die. Actually all my LG products have been extraordinarily long lived
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Black and Decker tools are the cheapest consumer grade stuff possible to compete with Harbor Freight. The same company makes DeWalt which is the contractor grade stuff.
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I bought a Black and Decker microwave earlier this week and it was broken out of the box. I pulled the door open and the entire faceplate flew off; it was secured with a single lovely piece of plastic that had apparently sheared off in transit or something. loving trash.
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Time_pants posted:If this happens and we let them get away with it, we deserve everything that happens next. We let everyone get away with everything. When was the last time there was a real effort to stop things from getting shittier? I think the Net Neutrality stuff was the last time. bossy lady posted:Are you going to upgrade to Microsoft Jelq? Haha holy poo poo I haven't heard that term since I was a teenager. I downloaded from the 2001 version of the darkweb (a geocities page with lots of 3D skulls and fire gifs) a guide on how to make my penis bigger. It's the single time I've ever read that word until now. credburn fucked around with this message at 21:55 on Mar 14, 2024 |
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Philthy posted:All my Whirlpool appliances have been mostly fine for the past 15 years. Had to replace a capacitor on the compressor for 10 bucks because it was making loud clicking noises as it failed to start the compressor. Microwave, gas stove, fridge, dishwasher, washer/dryer all tip top after 15 years. My bad fridge is a Whirlpool. There are no good brands. I suppose if you go to Nancy Pelosi consumer tier or commercial, it gets better.
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The funniest thing, with the consolidation of manufacturing overseas, almost everything in a given market sector is made by one or two companies. There are tons of TV brands out there, but all the panels in the tv's are made by 2 or 3 companies. You want a high quality DeWalt tool, or a gob-smackingly bad Frabtrell Junius tool? All made in the same factory. So this means it's not some young, inexperienced company making bad products simply from lack of history in the market. It's the big experienced companies building in the shittiness on purpose. "Okay, we built some great Milwaukee tools on the line today. Let's switch the line over to the bad molds and the poo poo plastic and build some trash. Oh, and you guys over in electronics, remember I want lovely motors in these things and the coldest solder joints. If these drills aren't smoking after 5 minutes of use, then we haven't done our jobs here at Wong-Hai Industrial Concern."
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Vampire Panties posted:I've had Samsung Galaxy phones from S3 through S10, and literally every single one physically broke within 18 months. I had Iphones before/after that, and I've only physically broken one, which tbf it was in my pocket when I crashed pretty hard on an electric bike. lol why did you keep buying Samsung phones if they kept breaking For cheap power tools Ryobi is the way to go imo; I’ve been in their ecosystem for 5ish years now and have never had a tool crap out on me Bloody Hedgehog posted:The funniest thing, with the consolidation of manufacturing overseas, almost everything in a given market sector is made by one or two companies. yep, to illustrate: 
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bossy lady posted:Are you going to upgrade to Microsoft Jelq? It's really lovely we can't squirt at each other with our Zunes anymore.
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Bouillon Rube posted:lol why did you keep buying Samsung phones if they kept breaking I quit after the S10  I think about going back to Samsung, since I'm firmly in the Google/Windows ecosystem, but I'm pretty sure i'll break the S24 Ultra or whatever. Plus Samsung's bloatware stuff is way more obnoxious than Apple's.
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If you are using Android, there's no reason to buy Samsung over the cheapo Chinese brands like Xiaomi
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OTOH I've had the Note 9 and S22U and they've been both very nice. Other than the usual complaints about SD cards and headphone jacks, but you're kind of hosed on those no matter where you go
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note that being made in the same factory can potentially mean very little. if the two lines have entirely different tooling, staff, management teams, t1/t2 suppliers, etc., the only thing they share is the roof. sometimes being made in the same literal factory means a lot of that is shared and there is little functional difference, but that's not automatically the case
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Ne Cede Malis posted:I didn't know about one drive storing poo poo to the clown until one day I got a "hey remember this day a year ago?" email which auto loaded a whole bunch of photos of an extremely traumatic event I had. Completely hosed me up the rest of the day. Thanks real helpful. Yeah every time I open that up it's me living happily with my beautiful ex-wife before my life went to complete poo poo. 
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skooma512 posted:Realistically, the answer is [radio interference -unintelligible] Yeah, unfortunately.
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Hey google if I'm typing words in the search I'd like you to use them. If there's only two words? I definitely want you to use all of them. Instacart/Etsy stop showing me poo poo that isn't what I searched for like at all. I get it you want to advertise to me and that's a way to do so without my adblocker blocking it but it's annoying and I'd like you to stop.
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My "favourite" is looking for specific part numbers. "Hey Google, I want the WidgetPro CN1000FP2Z" "Sure thing, here are links to buy the CB1001FP77. It's a completely different part for a different product, but the part numbers are vaguely similar, and in the end, isn't that what's really important?"
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Bobstar posted:My "favourite" is looking for specific part numbers. OMG this
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skooma512 posted:How do you stop them though? Even if groceries weren't a necessity or a monopoly, what action could you take? Boycotts don't work because they still get plenty of customers. Doritos cost 8 dollars now and are barely even seasoned, and Frito-lay still makes enough to keep raising the price more. I'd just not shop at any place that started using digital readouts for all the prices, because it'd be pretty obvious why they suddenly appeared. Now if all markets nearby colluded into doing that poo poo, I guess move to an area that was smart enough to ban it.
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Time_pants posted:It's insane how Microsoft lost that antitrust lawsuit for packing in Internet Explorer, and yet somehow the rest of this is completely okay. It’s been awhile but Bush won the election and his doj never enforced the win Iirc
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Bouillon Rube posted:lol why did you keep buying Samsung phones if they kept breaking Huh, this feels really validating of my opinion that only hilti power tools are worth a poo poo
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Bouillon Rube posted:lol why did you keep buying Samsung phones if they kept breaking I've seen a similar image of US food production/brands or something similar. Like 5 companies own everything in the United States. edit: I've had my Galaxy S10 for about 5 years. I only just scratched the screen a few months ago by dropping it on a cobbled patio thing. I get an Otter Box case every time I get a new phone which is rare. Pennywise the Frown fucked around with this message at 23:00 on Mar 14, 2024 |
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skooma512 posted:How do you stop them though? Even if groceries weren't a necessity or a monopoly, what action could you take? Boycotts don't work because they still get plenty of customers. Doritos cost 8 dollars now and are barely even seasoned, and Frito-lay still makes enough to keep raising the price more. Doritos are somehow the most striking example of the ongoing food price gouging. Who the gently caress is paying that much for a bag of doritos.
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Bobstar posted:My "favourite" is looking for specific part numbers. TotalLossBrain posted:OMG this
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The Moon Monster posted:Doritos are somehow the most striking example of the ongoing food price gouging. Who the gently caress is paying that much for a bag of doritos. With Frito Lay you have to buy 5 bags at once to get a price competitive with what you would have paid like five years ago. They're like, "$5 for a bag and there is absolutely no way around this for a single bag, or you can get 5 bags for $10 you absolutely fat loser gently caress".
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The Moon Monster posted:Doritos are somehow the most striking example of the ongoing food price gouging. Who the gently caress is paying that much for a bag of doritos. This was discussed at great length, in great detail, on these very forums by a superstar proster
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Bobstar posted:My "favourite" is looking for specific part numbers. "Yes, Google. Please do show me results matching the terms I actually used" 
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Time_pants posted:If this happens and we let them get away with it, we deserve everything that happens next. You don't let a cartel get away with anything, they have the power, they will poo poo in your mouth and you will eat it Before too long what we eat will be decided by the officers at the labor camps we have been relocated to anyway Woolie Wool fucked around with this message at 23:47 on Mar 14, 2024 |
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an actual frog posted:Missing: Yeah but then you might get like only a couple results or whatever and that'd make you think we are to blame. Which is probably true, people are idiots.
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Guess I'll have to step up my shoplifting to make up the difference.
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Bouillon Rube posted:lol why did you keep buying Samsung phones if they kept breaking Makita supremacy, go team teal
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Here's a fun one! (big image) 
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Pennywise the Frown posted:Here's a fun one! I've been boycotting nestle for like 15 years now? and holy gently caress is it difficult because they just keep buying up random rear end brands.
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Only brand we buy of those I think is Tampax and Always
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silicone thrills posted:I've been boycotting nestle for like 15 years now? and holy gently caress is it difficult because they just keep buying up random rear end brands. Thats the real enshittification - all of your local, "independent" brands business goal is to become successful enough to be bought and swept up into that pyramid
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Mercury_Storm posted:I'd just not shop at any place that started using digital readouts for all the prices, because it'd be pretty obvious why they suddenly appeared. Now if all markets nearby colluded into doing that poo poo, I guess move to an area that was smart enough to ban it. So which country are you planning on moving to?
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Time_pants posted:So which country are you planning on moving to? Costa Rica has a pretty sweet digital nomad visa option, I'm personally going for that.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:The funniest thing, with the consolidation of manufacturing overseas, almost everything in a given market sector is made by one or two companies. I think it was Wirecutter that recently tried to write an article for the best microwave to buy and they discovered that like 12 of their microwaves were actually the exact same microwave just in a different housing. Most of them were name brands you've heard of.
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