Sorry if I’m not the first to bring this up. It seems like a simple enough solution.

  • @sandriver@beehaw.org
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    510 months ago

    Absolutely indeed! I’ll never buy an Nvidia card because of how anti-customer they are. It started with them locking out PCI passthrough when I was building a gaming Linux machine like ten years ago.

    I wonder if moving people towards the idea of just following the companies that don’t treat them with contempt is an angle that will work. I know Steph Sterling’s video on “consumer” vs “customer” helped crystallize that attitude in me.

    • @MiddledAgedGuy@beehaw.org
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      210 months ago

      I’m not familiar with that video but I’m intrigued. I’ll have to check it out.

      I don’t know. I don’t have much faith in people to act against companies in a meaningful way. Amazon and Walmart are good examples. I feel like it’s common knowledge at this point that these companies are harmful but still they thrive.