“If Buying Isn’t Owning, Piracy Isn’t Stealing”: 35 Tech Products That Are Huge Scams

We just passed a right to repair law here in Oregon too. Sorry Apple, many of us like to be able to fix our own tech.

In some of this stuff I feel like the EU is ahead of us (USA) and we benefit from your laws. I have more options to reject cookies than I did prior to some recent UK / EU laws. I will likely start seeing more phone models with replaceable batteries because of the law you mentioned. If manufacturers have to make a change it is generally easier for them to sell the same model (or mostly same) globally.

yeah, it can be helpful in some cases, however, I had to switch my phone primarily not because of weak battery, but not enough memory to be able to update most essential apps and not being able to upgrade the OS version

Enjoy getting f****d over for the next 3 years. You know they're going to do everything legally possible to ruin everyone's lives until they can't.

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Why don't you just vote Boris Johnson. Get an Android.

What you need is Ifixit.com. Aside from selling toolkits, they also rate devices on repairability, and provide free repair guides Cheapest toolkit is about $15. You "can" use a hairdryer in a pinch to soften the adhesive holding the screen mount in place, but an actual heat gun is better. Isopropyl is about the only "special" chemical you "could" need, and it's not something that you should really be using on anything that still has a connected battery. Repairs on devices like this can absolutely be done, but you need to be very patient, have a steady hand, and accept the fact beforehand that you still can very break something. Better to start off on something that's slightly older, or already totally bricked, just so you can get a feel for what to expect.

Same here. I'm not cool enough for Apple products.

Same, and mine has USB-C charging, but all of a sudden the new iPhone is required to have it because of the European lawsuits, and they call it "innovative" and "new." And of course all the apple stans disregard the fact that android phones have had this charging type for years before apple.

As have I: all the mobile phones I have owned don't add up to the cost of the latest generation iPhone.

Me too . I wouldn't buy apple products if you gave me a million euro

Same. Apple products just seem like an expensive way to join a clique

same, since HTC Hero in 2009

I barely had a phone

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You always had an Android desktop computer and an Android laptop computer?

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You know Apple makes more than phones, right?

What do you mean „can‘t close all the apps“? What apps can‘t you close? I have no problem with this. But you are right, of course, about not being able to move the icons freely.

I never say it's superior, it's just that I had already been set up on apple before I knew about the option of Android, also a few quick things: 1. You can moves apps where you want them to be, but sometimes it can be a pain. 2. Please elaborate by what you mean on "can't close the apps" 3. I try to make my last as long as possible, but every 5 or more years, I realize that the current phone is too old. Other people just believe that newer is better, and I think we can both agree that that isn't true.

Limited the charging speed unless you were using their overpriced apple branded usb cable. F**k apple, Android user all the way

So in summary, Apple is better for dumb people. I had no clue its OS was easier.

Ditto- I am an IT professional and I would always suggest iPhones for peoples grandparents, etc. it took me several years to convert from android to iPhone. All the Apple stuff works well together and my Mac does a good job video processing that being said I still have old androids for dedicated purposes and windows is my main PC. My iPad functions smoother than any android tab I ever used.

This is exactly why I use apple, I don't care if it costs more, it feels easier to use.

So I was paying about 120 for 3 phone lines. I go to cancel one, and they drop the price down to 70 to NOT cancel it. So I now have a phone that stays in the drawer uncharged that has service.

So true. Before a recent trip I purchased Atlas VPN. For various reasons it wasn't for me so a couple of days after purchase I contacted them to avail myself of the money back guarantee. The rep tried so hard to upsell me etc. The third time she tried to divert me from cancelling I finally said, (nicely) "Mam, I am being polite about this but you are making me angry. I want to cancel and have my money refunded". She finally relented and I did get a refund on my subscription. TBH I kind of wondered if she was required to try three times.

This is what Hulu did to me. I think it was $2.99 for 3 months.

Recently ditched cable. They offered me half price for a year. I responded, "So, you charged me double this whole time?" "um, um, this is a special offer....um, my supervisor allows me to ...um...um..."

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Paramount? Lmao

Looking at you Sky......

EU is on it :)

I agree 100%. I recently experienced this in a rental car, it is very distracting.

I don't even know how they got away with it. There are laws against using your cell phone while driving, and then they decide to put all the functionality of a cell phone into the car's normal way of functioning.

It doesn't have to be. I feel like there is room for a middle ground with a touchpad with a super basic UI to control basic things. But it either shouldn't be used to control everything to the nth degree, or it should be designed in such a way that the driver can't use it for that (the passenger can though). To be fair, if your car is getting to this level of computerisation a far better approach is to simply integrate voice control. "Kitt change the radio to 94.7FM", "Kitt, switch the airflow to feet only and lower the temperature by five degrees".

It’s awful. I work for an auto group and I hate almost all the new vehicle brands we have. Some brands are better than others (meaning they still have some physical buttons and controls) but every single one has some kind of touch screen these days. (Part of this has to do with recent legislation - at least in Canada - that requires all new vehicles built post 2017 to have a backup camera) I don’t want to crash and die because I was trying to turn the heat down while going 100 on the highway!

I also absolutely loathe the glare on the inside of the windshield at night. My car is older and doesn't have a touchscreen in it, but I can't even stand the console lights reflecting on the glass at eye level. I've been in cars with huge touchscreens, and the glare was horrifically distracting. No thank you.

Yeah, interesting way of viewing it