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Re:Barbie typewriter (2015) by ryandrake on Monday July 16, 2018 @11:49AM (#17542248)
Except for the fact that the feature was never removed or disabled. It’s only Monday morning and it looks like we’re already looking for evidence of a sexism conspiracy and other things to be outraged about!
Re:Barbie typewriter (2015) by Freak_NL on Monday July 16, 2018 @12:09PM (#17542398)
The coding/decoding feature was omitted from the manuals in the Barbie versions of the typewriter, effectively 'removing' it because you could now only activate it by accident — some young girl probably got quite a surprise when her text came out garbled like that after an accidental key press combination. Actually removing the feature from the PCB means incurring extra costs, so they just left it in.