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dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Exactly. This implementation makes no sense. Unless the logos are animated, need to change frequently, or supposed to show advertising (I hope not), a backlit plastic label would do the same job just fine. In fact, that has done the same job for decades at this point.

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0x0@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

supposed to show advertising

I’m betting on this.

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- dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  sharp exhale You’re probably right.
  
  Is there some version of Occam’s Razor where “enshitification” is the most likely answer?
  
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lb_o@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
This implementation makes a lot of sense if you think about the ability to support variable amount of screens without the need of complex routing and addressing.

It has increased reliability where one failure doesn’t break the whole system.

As for the need of it - well, that’s “slurp” they try to sell some cold sugar to impulsive people who like flashy things. That implies animations on the screen and being “not boring”.

The fact that they changed by itself means that backlit plastic label was doing poorer job than this abomination.
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