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Comment Re:I get it (Score 4, Insightful) 72

Negative. This is a very major reason Amazon is so popular... if you don't want it, it goes back. If they stop doing that, then me and whole lot of other people will just not shop there anymore, and let our Prime membership lapse.

That's your choice, and I'm happy to stop subsidizing your poor shopping practices as we all pay higher prices from that type of behavior.

Do your research on stuff before you decide to purchase it. Read or watch reviews. Then decide whether or not you want this product - BEFORE YOU BUY IT. Return it if it doesn't work right or something is wrong (eg, if you ordered a red item but a blue one arrived), but if you just decide you don't like it, then you made a poorly researched purchase and that's on you.

Comment I get it (Score 5, Insightful) 72

Honestly sometimes reading reviews I totally get why they'd make it more difficult. If I buy something and it arrives damaged or not working, then obviously that's a return. Clothing if it doesn't fit, sure.

That said, I've read some forum posts or reviews for something in binoculars where the person is sayings things like "I bought 3 pairs and tried them out and then sent back the 2 I didn't like.". Or "I didn't like this one feature about an item - sending it back."

The return policy shouldn't be a way to test drive products that you may or may not keep. It should be reserved for when something is obviously faulty, misrepresented, etc. If I don't do my research and end up buying something I don't like but its functioning exactly the way its intended to, then that's on me.

Comment Re:Need to put luggage in the rear seat? (Score 2) 258

Which leads us into how many of the people driving trucks would actually be better off with a car, but that's a different rant.

The anti-truck crowd usually is pretty unaware of how often people use their trucks for truck things. Most people driving those trucks have a legitimate reason. If they have a boat they probably need a tow-vehicle on the weekend. Or they hunt and tossing a bloody deer into the trunk of a car isn't exactly a great idea. Or they need to haul trash to the dump.

Realistically even if you only need a truck 20-30 times a year, you're still going to usually drive that rather than buy 2 vehicles. Different people lead different lives and buy vehicles to suit their needs. If you don't need something (or even want something) that doesn't mean that everybody who does need that item is being foolish or making bad choices.

Comment Re:Need to put luggage in the rear seat? (Score 1) 258

If you have a truck you can't really use the bed for large amounts of loose items as they'll blow around or out. The bed is mostly for larger items. As such they need to go into the back seat.

And the "projectiles" bit is just spreading fear anyways. Not only are crashes not the norm, but a box of spaghetti smacking you against the head is the least of your worries in a car accident.

Comment Dumb (Score 4, Interesting) 258

The most common way these things detect a passenger in a seat is weight - which is also caused by items or cargo in the car. I don't want to face endless chimes or buckle in a few 12 packs of sodas.

Its bad enough that my truck already thinks anything I put in the back seat is a child so I get the "check the rear seat for children" alarm. Which can be disabled, but ironically, the pop up on my screen that says not to focus on the screen while driving as it can cause accidents can not. And what usually pulls my attention to the screen? The damned pop-up that says not to be looking at it.

Comment Re: Makes sense (Score 4, Interesting) 154

He's Indian so technically he's a caste-ist, not classist.

Caste equates to class. Wealth is one way to determine societal standing but not the only way. Even in the west we had the concept of considering someone from the nobility to be of higher class than a merchant who technically had more money.

We basically had a caste system it just was only 2 levels (noble and commoner) and the commoners were never subjected to quite as much derision as the lowest class of Indian society.

Comment Re:The death of Intel? (Score 2) 30

AMD made the same move years ago (they spun off their foundry in 2009 and sold it off in 2012) and has been doing significantly better since then.

I'm not saying it will work out the same for Intel, but its not an automatic assured death sentence.

I'd really hate to see Intel go under as competition is good for the consumer and we need multiple players in the industry.

Comment Re:How much?? (Score 3, Insightful) 98

Plenty of people pay for Youtube to avoid ads and not have to jump through hoops like downloading crap ahead of watching it.

That said, this isn't for Youtube (which is Youtube Premium) - its for Youtube TV. That has Youtube in the name but that's pretty much just branding purposes. Its a streaming Cable/Satellite TV competitor that offers streaming live cable channels.

Comment Re: So... how would they ban it? (Score 1) 208

So basically, it doesn't matter much what the Constitution actually says, just how the Supreme Court decides things should be.

The Constitution says that the Supreme Court is the only entity that can determine constitutionality. You're going outside of the constitution merely by trying to claim something is unconstitutional without SCOTUS review.

Comment Re:So... how would they ban it? (Score 4, Insightful) 208

A tech savy person could easily get around a block via a proxy or VPN, but 90% of the population isn't going to know how (or even if they couldn't wouldn't consider it worth the bother).

Putting a block even that isn't 100% effective would more or less cripple the platform in the country.

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