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I have a chair that I got in March off of amazon. An hour ago the baseplate bent and now the pole that it sits on is just wobbling around. Cannot sit on it unless it is directly up. I found this out when the whole thing tilted back, slamming my head into a shelf and throwing me out of the chair. So I go to Amazon to at least leave a shitty review, maybe see if I can contact them for a replacement part. Product is de-listed and no contact information at all. So I contact Amazon who just instantly starts a refund process I didn't ask for, smugly telling me I'm not eligible when I knew that. First rep sent me to a 'special team to help'. That 'special team' was the front desk for Amazon.com instead of the Canadian one. She just did the exact same thing, another refund I never asked for and putting me on hold and refusing to listen to me. Asked to speak to a Supervisor who then started to say the same shit before I cut him off and said I just wanted the fucking contact information for the fucking manufacturer. He emails over a page for the manufacturer that is their warranty/refunds page.

It's empty.

It's literally empty.

It's fucking empty.

So I've got a chair I can't sit in without it causing personal injury, no way of getting a replacement part from the manufacturer without like buying a whole ass new chair that I can't afford and both Amazon and this fuckin Company are just like "You bought a shitty product? Aww. Poor baby. Cope."

I just wanted to LEAN BACK AND WATCH PORN BUT FUCKING NO.

I'd throw the fucking chair at the wall if I didn't need to still sit on it like a goddamn stool.

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Apple's the only one I trust for health stuff, since a couple years ago Samsung basically said "we're gonna start selling your health information to advertisers, agree or we'll delete all your data." And of course Google, well, that's basically their whole business

That's some good spin, there.

  1. We know Samsung wanted permission to share your data; but whether it was auctioning off your blood pressure results or just pre-gaming getting permission later, that's an assertion.

  2. Google doesn't sell your data. Google sells access to demographics and if people buy up then it shows you ads based on your matching demographic.

  3. Just pick a better health app. Because you can on Android. Then you can go see the source and a third-party can confirm it's secure, rather than Apple's "lol, trust us, bro".

I know apple claims a better policy for this one thing at least, but stick to the facts, okay? My bro is a huge apple fanboy and the fud-propaganda you all repeat is insane.

The wired earpods are fantastic, though. Just sayin.