Literally not the point. Companies being predatory, and using literal misinformation, and deception tactics to bend the law and screw up consumers to drive consumption is the point. Good for you being a brainless consumer who is totally fine being cucked by the “rent your hardware” industry, the many of us prefer to actually own our tools.
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cv_octavio@piefed.ca 6 hours ago
Oh look another Rossman PSA to show us how evil some company is. Also, the sun rose today.
I stopped giving this guy credence after his series of videos on how “dangerous” onewheels are (I now own 2, and…GASP also drive a Hyundai with an EPB). I don’t fault his motivation, but his propensity to assert that edge cases are likely mainstream is just far too much to be taken seriously.
Risks exist. Be informed.
mal3oon@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
cv_octavio@piefed.ca 5 hours ago
Lol you do you then. Lingo like “cucked” speaks literal volumes about your character, and…. fuckin’ ew.
Joelk111@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
One wheels aren’t shit for being dangerous, they’re shit for bricking the device if you try to replace the fucking battery, as well as other anti-consumer practices.
cv_octavio@piefed.ca 4 hours ago
Which is why I VESC’d mine.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
Sounds to me like you haven’t had a board ghost into a stranger’s car. It’s fucking terrifying. Ask me how I know.
cv_octavio@piefed.ca 2 hours ago
You are correct. I would not know about that, because I ripped out their hardware and put in open source stuff, upgraded the sensors and added a dead man’s switch.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
So then why the dog at Rossman?
sqgl@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
He is revealing the risk, he is informing. He is indignant that it is a risk which is deliberately obscured by the manufacturer.
cv_octavio@piefed.ca 4 hours ago
Lol all this talk if risk mitigation mingled with an assertion that one should DIY one’s brakes, and no mentions of qualifications or safety.
It’s foolproof!
fishy@lemmy.today 1 hour ago
I think I had a stroke reading this.
From what I’m gathered, you believe no at home DIY mechanic should be changing their own brake pads? It’s not complicated, I completed my first pad change when I was 16 with a diagram and instructions a tow truck driver wrote on the back of a takeout menu. I did the sensible thing and tested them before moving and again at low speeds in a parking lot.