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The impulsive guy in me is thinking that I should cancel AMD over something like this while the rational one remembers that (at least for non-Apple PCs) it's basically a duopoly and if I cancel the other player over something stupid that they do, I'd be out of choices.
What do you guys think?
Buy used, compensate for the loss in power with algorithmic ingenuity, yadda yadda.
Also, if you can do the thing the app does on paper, you should just do it on paper and can save the computer for more difficult tasks like the old-timers that paved the way for our modern-day laziness.
Use the public library, also.
I dunno, man. Seems like all the convenient options at this point require you to capitulate to some asshole trying to jack up prices and deny payouts, and the only option now is to take high roads that are unpaved.
This right here. If people trusted each other more and maintained their stuff more, companies would starve.
But no. Instead people treat their belongings like disposable trash, and trillionaires take advantage of it.
It's our fucking fault. All our fault.
My problem with buying used is that some things barely survive the warranty period, so if I can get those two years of warranty, I will. I usually aim towards buying the latest thing and using it for at least 3-4 years for the things that go old the fastest (CPUs, mobos, RAM, GPUs). Other things might last longer - i.e. I just retired a case and a PSU that are 10+ years old (bought new).
I somewhat agree with your sentiment, but indeed it seems like the more we want to vote with our wallets, the further we stray from practicality.
Do yourself a favor and actually read the article. Not saying AMD is in the right here, but they aren't in the wrong for not paying Paul when he agreed to no pay out.
Honestly? Fuck technology. I'm probably just in a bad mood, but that's how I feel right now. Get rid of all of it. If you can't figure it out on an abacus, you don't really need to know it!
Algorism outpaced the abacus for a reason, and the slide rule outpaced algorism for a reason as well, but they're all good skills to have some practice with. Have you ever had to do long division on an abacus? It ain't pretty.
Long division is out, then, sorry long division stans!
Same. Unless I live like a hermit in the woods, I am definitely using, directly or not, something (many things) made by a company that has done unforgivable shit. And even if I personally decide "to hell with all this, I can survive just fine", who will be there to stop them from destroying the whole forest I am supposedly in? Definitely not me
This does not make things all right as they stand, but it does mean quitting the game is not an option