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methinks this will only lead to the barbra streisand effect.
by warrenmiller 10y ago
methinks this will only lead to the barbra streisand effect.
- jnagro 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect The Streisand effect is the phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the Internet. It is an example of psychological reactance, wherein once people are aware something is being kept from them, their motivation to access and spread the information is increased.[1]
- corobo 10y agoI'd not heard of it until now. Streisand is in full effect. I've also grabbed a copy of the mod in case they decide to abuse copyright to take that down too, pretty sure I can upload it to sites faster than they can DMCA them. The real lesson here is don't make exploding phones.
- milankragujevic 10y agoI have to bitch about Samsung once more, because their batteries are absolute shit and puff up even if charged with their original charger in the original phone, and so innocently the batteries' warranty is 6 month but they puff up and decrease in capacity dramatically after 7-8 months of use.
- dasboth 10y agoI have to agree. I should have learned my lesson after the Galaxy S2 Mini I had, but I went and got the S4 Mini anyway. I regret it now - after 18 months it barely lasts a day with me not doing much with it and gets very hot. Last Samsung I bought for a long time, that's for sure.
- JoelBennett 10y agoIt getting hot just sitting there would be more a sign of some background process that is running the CPU at full tilt. I've had the same thing happen to a Blackberry and a Nokia Windows Phone. Either way, it's a crummy situation to deal with. Sometimes rebooting helps.
- dasboth 10y agoYeah when I notice it getting hot I usually reboot to kill any background processes. Typically what happens is I put it away and pick it up half an hour later only to see that it's dropped like 10% battery. My next smartphone purchase will be almost entirely based on battery life.
- neolefty 10y agoNot all are bad -- mine has never given me trouble and still has decent battery life fifteen months later.
- adventurer 10y agoIt is definitely happening. I checked Facebook yesterday and it was trending over 1M metric (views/shares?) at that time. Everyone is writing about it.
- netsharc 10y agoI wonder if Samsung took a calculated risk. Risk of brand damage if the mod was not taken down, vs. Risk of brand damage if they took down the mod and the blogtwitfacesphere laughs about it... And as I write this I notice I'm sitting in front of a Samsung LCD monitor, shit I hope it doesn't explode!
- orcy 10y agoAlso a bad move for company IMO. These funny videos makes some positive feelings on this Note 7 failure, so Samsung would be better to publish more of these instead.