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Re:Why I will never buy another Samsung device by DrBazza on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @05:14AM (#30426084)
The electronics industry has been anti-customer for a long time now.

I stopped buying Sony back in the late 90s when all the DVD copy protection started. Then they added Cinavia, and so on. I don't agree with piracy, but I certainly don't agree with being told how I can use something I've purchased.

And just yesterday there's the story about Dymo crippling their label printers if it does detect... RFID in their own paper.

It's going to get worse.

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Re:Why I will never buy another Samsung device by tim333 on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @10:23AM (#30429032)
Anti consumer in some ways but I'm kind of struck on a daily basis with how nice and thoughtfully designed my Apple stuff is. (M1 Air and old SE). I mean if they were really anti consumer then why do they dominate consumer spending? I'm not aware of anyone forcing me to buy this stuff.
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Re:Why I will never buy another Samsung device by Siira on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @08:13PM (#30449108)
Take the SE; Small phones like that that have decent hardware are very few, almost non-existent. (Especially the original SE; Even iPhone Mini is not that compact.)

The industry is heavily monopolized, and the regulations are outdated.

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