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Re:“I saw that you spun up an Ubuntu image in Azure” by lotsofpulp on Friday February 12, 2021 @03:13PM (#26118036)
> Since most appliance manufacturers require you registering your product with them for warranty service, yes, please take care of that for me (many appliance stores do)

Manufacturers legally have to honor their warranty regardless of you giving them your information. They don’t exactly say you won’t be covered by warranty if you don’t “register”, because they legally can’t.

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Re:“I saw that you spun up an Ubuntu image in Azure” by sudosysgen on Saturday February 13, 2021 @12:05AM (#26121548)
The trick used in the US is that if you do not offer this information you get a ridiculously short legal-minimum warranty.
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Re:“I saw that you spun up an Ubuntu image in Azure” by lotsofpulp on Saturday February 13, 2021 @07:52AM (#26123327)
In over two decades of buying appliances and electronics, I’ve never seen a device in the US offer a longer warranty if you send in your information.
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Re:“I saw that you spun up an Ubuntu image in Azure” by sudosysgen on Saturday February 13, 2021 @11:44AM (#26124613)
Really? This happened to me at least ten times, and I'm not even American, just sometime buy devices directly from the US. For example, my LG phone comes with an additional year if you register your device.
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