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Submission + - SPAM: FTC warns Manufacturers that 'Warranty Void If Removed' Stickers Break the Law

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: The Federal Trade Commission put six companies on notice today, telling them in a warning letter that their warranty practices violate federal law. If you buy a car with a warranty, take it a repair shop to fix it, then have to return the car to the manufacturer, the car company isn’t legally allowed to deny the return because you took your car to another shop. The same is true of any consumer device that costs more than $15, though many manufacturers want you to think otherwise.

Companies such as Sony and Microsoft pepper the edges of their game consoles with warning labels telling customers that breaking the seal voids the warranty. That’s illegal. Thanks to the 1975 Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, no manufacturer is allowed to put repair restrictions on a device it offers a warranty on. Dozens of companies do it anyway, and the FTC has put them on notice. Apple, meanwhile, routinely tells customers not to use third party repair companies, and aftermarket parts regularly break iPhones due to software updates.
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Comment Re:No, absolutely not (Score 1) 431

I have debian stable running a mate DE. (and with compiz-fusion cuz eye candy). I can hover the mouse pointer over the network applet in my top panel and get my ip. Or i can click the network icon in the notification area in the same panel and get all sorts of info, all graphical. Or jeeze I can fire up an xterm and use the effin keyboard. Linux distros are not a one-size-fits-all answer where the default presentation is what you're stuck with.

Comment Re:Broadcom = buggy hardware (Score 1) 91

by louden obscure (#56221687) Attached to: US Calls Broadcom's Bid For Qualcomm a National Security Risk

I have an example; the O.E.M. broadcom wi-fi card on my vostro 1500 would exhibit buggy behavior running debian stable with factory firmware and the b43 module. Sometimes the card would just "disappear' from the pci bus. The half-assed workaround/voodoo ritual I came up with was to shutdown the laptop, remove the battery, and hold down the on/off button for a few seconds then plug the battery back in and start it up normally and low and behold the firmware loaded and wi-fi connectivity would be enabled. So yeah, buggy AF. Anecdotal, and because not windows. Don't know, don't care, buggy is as buggy does.

My ultimate solution was a less than five dollar intel wi-fi card. Woo hoo, n is way faster than g. And no more wtf where did the wi-fi card go moments.

Comment Maybe the medium is not the message (Score 1) 295

by louden obscure (#56066557) Attached to: Are Music CDs Dying? Best Buy Stops Selling CDs

Recorded music is at best a close approximation of a live event. It may or may not be massaged/mangled by post production. My opinion is real music is experienced live. There are probably exceptions...Electric Ladyland comes to mind.

I've been watching/listening to Postmodern Jukebox on youtube and the audio is only one component, the presentation is smile inducing. Babymetal's Gimme Chocolate video makes me smile.

The evolution of recorded sound marches on. Good enough is always going to be good enough. Best will always be superseded by the next best.

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