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A comment on Notice of Stolen EVGA GeForce RTX 30-Series Graphics Cards. Parent comment

Re:Notice of Stolen EVGA GeForce RTX 30-Series Graphics Cards by Gigachad on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @10:29PM (#29103055)
Consumer rights haven't taken a loss because there is no consumer and no rights. Users have no right to use stolen property. The have rights when they legitimately acquire the product.

Even if its changed hands, its still illegal to purchase stolen property and the police will just take it from you without compensating you.

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Re:Notice of Stolen EVGA GeForce RTX 30-Series Graphics Cards by bogwog on Thursday November 04, 2021 @08:48AM (#29106467)
The loss is that DRM is added to a product, which means that even if you legally purchased it, you don't really own it.
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Re:Notice of Stolen EVGA GeForce RTX 30-Series Graphics Cards by Gigachad on Thursday November 04, 2021 @05:09PM (#29112562)
You never "really owned" a TV because they were never open source. If the feature never activates, it never affects the user in any way and it may as well not exist. If it does activate wrongly, you have consumer law and protections to get your money back.
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