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DevCat@lemmy.worldto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•I need new glasses. The only insurance-approved place I can shop online will cost $250 with my needs. I went to a "cheap" glasses website that doesn't accept insurance: $250. Yay, America.English3·1 year agoThis is what I did through Zenni as well. Only, I intend to get a third pair of glasses. The distance at which you read a computer screen compared to a physical book is very different.
DevCat@lemmy.worldto Privacy@lemmy.ml•New ASUS router firmware now requires a user to be 16y or older and will restrict features and even security upgrades if you opt out3·1 year agoThat would be for the legal system to decide. If you purchased it for a specific advertised feature, and that feature was disabled unless unspoken terms were agreed to, you would have a case.
DevCat@lemmy.worldto Privacy@lemmy.ml•New ASUS router firmware now requires a user to be 16y or older and will restrict features and even security upgrades if you opt outEnglish151·1 year agoFor the downvoters, in the US:
https://www.findlaw.com/consumer/consumer-transactions/what-is-the-warranty-of-merchantability.html
The implied warranty of merchantability guarantees that a product sold to you will work for its intended purposes. In other words, it means you can expect a toaster to toast your bread. If it doesn’t, you have legal protection against losing money on a product that doesn’t work.
If you bought the router expecting it to work as advertised, you may make a claim if it doesn’t. They would have to spell out ahead of time what the limitations and requirements are in order to avoid trouble.
DevCat@lemmy.worldto Privacy@lemmy.ml•New ASUS router firmware now requires a user to be 16y or older and will restrict features and even security upgrades if you opt outEnglish223·1 year agoIf I bought one of their routers and this came up, I would simply be returning it and giving the person at the counter a printout as to why. Sorry, but this router is not “suitable for purpose”. Look up that phrase and “merchantability”.
DevCat@lemmy.worldto Privacy@lemmy.ml•U.S. "Know Your Customer" Proposal Will Put an End to Anonymous Cloud Users * TorrentFreak13·1 year agoLet’s see. Email - Iceland Web host - Iceland VPN - Sweden Backup - Norway
Did I miss anything?
I’ve got Mullvad on my Android and a Linux virtual machine for when I need a textbook that’s overpriced. That would be all of them.
DevCat@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.ml•Twitter isn't showing tweets unless you're logged in1·2 years agoIt’s so nice of them them to give me another incentive not to visit.
DevCat@lemmy.worldto Privacy@lemmy.ml•An explosive new lawsuit claims TikTok's owner built a 'backdoor' that allowed the CCP to access US user data4·2 years agoSo, a foreign government was/is doing what corporations and facebook have been doing on facebook for years.
There’a reason I haven’t been on fb for a long time now.
The Marshall Service is the enforcement arm. The question is, would they refuse to do their duty?