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Re:AAA Gaming on Asahi Linux by raffraffraff on Friday October 11, 2024 @03:00AM (#41806992)
Can't you famously just return stuff to Amazon within a month for basically any reason? I purchased a monitor from Dell and after a few weeks it became clear that there was a loose connection internally. It was extremely simple to prove. But getting it replaced was hell. I went through the whole process of creating a ticket, talking to 3 different people, taking photos of the thing from every angle and then after they failed to get back to me for a week, I emailed for an update and was told "Sorry sir, there was no activity on the ticket for over a week so the ticket was closed". It didn't matter that the delay was on their side. And no they wouldn't reopen the ticket, and no I couldn't refer to the old ticket, and no the old photos wouldn't work. Start over. Talk to several different support people again, take all those photos again.

My SIL bought a scanner from Amazon a few months back and never unboxed it because she was moving house. When she did, it was faulty. They took it back without much of a fight even though the month was up. She just said "I unboxed it yesterday, it's broken".

Re:AAA Gaming on Asahi Linux by chefandy on Friday October 11, 2024 @03:11AM (#41807062)
It's changing. I imagine that was always intended to be an introductory thing to cement their position in the marketplace.
Re:AAA Gaming on Asahi Linux by xnzakg on Friday October 11, 2024 @03:29AM (#41807165)
Good old enshittification. Make it good to attract users, then optimize for profit once the users can't leave.
Re:AAA Gaming on Asahi Linux by thaumasiotes on Friday October 11, 2024 @03:58AM (#41807301)
What's stopping the users from leaving?
Re:AAA Gaming on Asahi Linux by fsflover on Friday October 11, 2024 @04:09AM (#41807355)
Re:AAA Gaming on Asahi Linux by thaumasiotes on Friday October 11, 2024 @05:52AM (#41807966)
That is not a compelling case for Amazon locking customers in. You can't make a purchase anywhere else because you paid for Amazon Prime?
Re:AAA Gaming on Asahi Linux by chefandy on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @04:37PM (#41852837)
Nobody ever went broke banking on the laziness of the American public. People could also go to the pizza shop or liquor store or grocery store or 7-11 or whatever instead of paying a shitload more delivery but they don't.
Re:AAA Gaming on Asahi Linux by InDubioProRubio on Friday October 11, 2024 @05:00AM (#41807672)
From citizen to shitizen.. we need a virtual sovyeet union in antartica.. systemic competition
Re:AAA Gaming on Asahi Linux by oarsinsync on Friday October 11, 2024 @06:59AM (#41808352)
It's been like that for over a decade now. I hope you're wrong, but I fear you're not.
Re:AAA Gaming on Asahi Linux by jjk7 on Friday October 11, 2024 @01:50PM (#41811589)
Not a chance -- if I can't easily return things I might as well go back to in-store or use aliexpress or similar.