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Aint it grand how contract in the US is only enforced against the customer?
Do you remember that time when company got too many arbitration claims and was able to get a court to allow it to get out from that contract?
"Because it was not fair to them and this is not the system is intended to work"
US contract law for me but not for thee...
On one hand, I kinda get it. Corporations do things, and if they get killed over small oversights there will be very real effects for many people
On the other hand, holy fuck, look around. Everything is going to shit, the planet is literally dying and we're not even living it up anymore
I mean, the justice system is kangaroo court. Two overpaid people stand in a room and argue technicalities, not right vs wrong. It's a complete farce designed to fatten people's wallets.
Corporations getting killed for mismanagement isn’t a problem. That’s make believe. Another Corp will pick the bones of the first one. The first should die. Corporations were always meant to last only a couple decades by design.
"Sir, the customers are complaining about charging more money even though they had a pricelock for life deal".
"Yeah? And? Fuck em!"
I mean.....I kid, but that's the CEOs legit stance on the issue.
What are these bitches gonna do about it?!
They could switch ;)
I remember seeing this commercial. I knew back then that it was horseshit.
"This is what happens when the government lets companies swallow the completion (the latest being Sprint). We have antitrust laws in the country that are being ignored and ultimately the consumer loses," a New York resident told the FCC.
YES. The government needs to stop rubber-stamping these enormous mergers.
"swallow the completion" really sounds like a fellatio joke...
The government is actually helpless to stop these mergers (see Lina Khan). It’s the courts, which Republicans have been packing for decades.
Telecom companies and trying to fuck over their costumers, name a more iconic duo
This is felony level bait-and-switch going on, here. This really should have criminal charges attached to the perpetrators.
I had a Google GSuite account from back when they advertised it as a free for life solution for families who wanted to use their own domain. They stopped offering this a long time ago, but kept us around. A few years ago, they tried to end it, but walked that back after facing resistance. We were among the earliest adopters and many of us shilled pretty hard for gmail over the years. Not only would they have gone back on their word, but my app and media purchases would be tied to a crippled no-email account (identity only) because they didn't have a migration path to normal gmail. That means multiple logins. Also, the gsuite inbox doesn't have the inline ads or anything while the regular one does. I've been working to move away from google because I imagine they'll try to end this again later, but also just because we understand better who google really is.
The site the greedy little pigboy runs was instrumental to the resistance but since it's enshittified, we may not be able to resist again. Its fine to say something is for a lifetime, but you have to honor that or you've been dishonest and no one can trusts thing you say.
The only reason I still have google around is android. When we finally get a linux daily driver phone that meets my minimum needs, I'm migrating the remainder of my stuff. I'll happily give up some functionality to do it. I just hope they can keep their free for life promise until then.
I do love that so many people on the internet know exactly who you're talking about when you say "greedy little pig boy".
I mean I only when from an iphone fanboy to a google pixel to deGoogle. I'm on graphene and don't have a google account. Been using Grayjay for yt and imported my subscriptions from there. Mail I'm using proton. I hope in the future, I can completely degoogle and not use youtube at all. A true alternative like peertube, but not too many people are on that.
I agree about peertube. I'm lucky that my niche has some creators with a peertube instance at urbanists.video (like c/fuckcars) for me to watch. I check that before youtube now and it cuts my YouTube usage by 5-15%.
I know we're off topic, but do you have call recording on Graphene? Also, how does the adblocker work. I find most adblockers use the VPN to create a loopback to listen on. I use a VPN frequently, so that interface isn't available and I block ads via hostfile.
I can only vouch for my setup; many variations are available.
Hit me up if you ever decide to go self hosting route and need a hand with a thing or two!
I also used GSuite for a long time. Its betrayal of its users is a big part of why I switched to Proton. Much better UX.
T mobile going downhill since merging with sprint and losing Legere.
Who could have predicted less competition resulting in worse service other than everyone
Caught me completely by obvious
Yeah, but a couple dozen sociopaths at the top got significantly richer, so fuck this entire portion of the population. Clearly the right people won.
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"Not for long," T-mobile said as it dispatched hit squads to quash the lawsuit rebellion.
Must be owned by the cousins of Boeing.
Are Pinkertons back on the menu?
This time they will suppress the slaves in both permutations as a wagie and as a consoomer.
One of the companies making GPS navigators for cars used to advertise lifetime map updates. Small print: lifetime of the device, two years after release
Careful, Users. TMobile is large enough to go the Boeing route, and start making people disappear. Then, Users, your Lifetime Price Lock will be literally void.
Although, it would also be void if tmo died--err... disappeared...
Yep, I quit T-Mobile and switched to Mint last month for this exact reason. My price is now 1/4 what I was paying before, and everything else is exactly the same. Should’ve done this years ago.
Any guarantee of a price lock with the stipulation of "You can just NOT use us if we ever decide to fuck you over!" - should come with HEAVY penalties.
Only thing you can rely on staying the same anymore is Costco hotdogs.
Boost Mobile is advertising the same thing right now. Who actually believes these ads?
