Re:Class action lawsuit filed against Lenovo over Superfish
by xorcist on Monday May 11, 2015 @12:54PM
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It's a relevant question whether enough people care. The Sony rootkit scandal was (almost) as bad as this, yet it didn't make a dent in their computer sales and the Playstation sold better than ever.
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Re:Class action lawsuit filed against Lenovo over Superfish
by tracker1 on Monday May 11, 2015 @02:17PM
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As someone who hasn't bought a Sony labelled product since the rootkit scandal, not sure how much I agree... they definitely would have gotten far more from me when I've bought a couple large TVs, and two stereo systems since then... I even held out on a Bluray player for a long time (I didn't buy sony labelled at least).
Though it's akin to avoiding Bank America Corp in practice, they have their hands in every pot.
Re:Class action lawsuit filed against Lenovo over Superfish
by JupiterMoon on Monday May 11, 2015 @06:07PM
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Any yet their e-reader business failed. And they don't seem to have done so well on mp3 players (they were big money for other companies a few years ago). Their phone sales are weak compared to other companies with a similar product.
The thing these companies miss is that non-tech people ask their tech friends/family before purchasing new things... So piss off a few 100,000 of the techy people and that can translate over the next few years to millions of lost sales.