The original move was especially idiotic given that tech savvy users of their products - a rather significant proportion - were able to easily add their existing HDDs to the accepted drivers DB. All they accomplished was making a bunch of techies rather pissed off.
Burn the goodwill of your power users and act surprised when they stop recommending your product.
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ZeroGravitas@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 350d
The original move was especially idiotic given that tech savvy users of their products - a rather significant proportion - were able to easily add their existing HDDs to the accepted drivers DB. All they accomplished was making a bunch of techies rather pissed off.
Burn the goodwill of your power users and act surprised when they stop recommending your product.
Un4tural@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 350d
aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 349d
bizarroland@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 350d
Ha ha, enjoy being bought out by a competitor
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 349d
It's almost like the entire policy was pointless and a blatant manipulation tactic.
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 349d
Now do hardware transcoding.