• Draghetta@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    Funny how this is supposed to be absurd - upside down duck, cake, “bizarro” and all - but it’s actually pretty accurate. So many products out there that require you to download their shitty spyware in order to do the things they are supposed to do.

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        12 hours ago

        Yep. Until you can’t find non-garbage products anymore because 95% of everyone else is dumb enough to fall for it.

        I think there’s a reasonable case to be made against buyer beware here, we need to ban this shit.

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          10 hours ago

          I was just making this point with a laissez faire capitalism coworker. Bro just cannot understand the invisible hand is very often wrong.

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          11 hours ago

          For example, try buying a television in a retail store that doesn’t have “smart” features at all, just inputs, outputs, and a digital tuner.