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Re:Ask HN: What are your most regretted tech purchases? by neofrommatrix on Thursday November 28, 2024 @12:14PM (#42266915)
LG microwave that cost $2300 and died just out of warranty. I swear it’s as if the companies program them to die just out of warranty. Now, we probably have to spend another $500 to get it fixed. The LG service charges $150 just to come home and diagnose an issue.

Then there’s the entire Amazon Echo ecosystem. Amazon’s Eero routers - cost $600 or something from what I remember, but they add on a stupid subscription on top for that for features that should be free and are free on other routers.

Re:Ask HN: What are your most regretted tech purchases? by mcintyre1994 on Thursday November 28, 2024 @05:47PM (#42269121)
What does a microwave do to justify that price tag? That's about $2000 more than I could imagine paying for one.
Re:Ask HN: What are your most regretted tech purchases? by ravshan on Friday November 29, 2024 @09:05AM (#42273947)
And yet you still continue buying.. Can you blame them?