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This is pretty interesting. Should software that destroy someone's physical items be handled the same way as hardware destroying something physical (Samsung Not
by Spooks 10y ago
This is pretty interesting. Should software that destroy someone's physical items be handled the same way as hardware destroying something physical (Samsung Note 7 for an exaggerated example).
- erkose 10y agoThe software in not "destroying" the SSD. It is using it properly, but excessively.
- Spooks 10y agowell yes, my comment was more hypothetical relating to this story (though it will wear out your SSD quicker). In the terms of lets say something cause your SSD to burn out within a year, with a known bug. I feel the company the software bug should be held responsible.
- martin-adams 10y agoThis reminds me when Dell refused warranty repairs if VLC was installed[1] Turns out that you could increase the volume causing hard clipping, which caused physical problems on the speakers. [1] http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3517/t/19492918 http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3517/t/...
- lorenzhs 10y agoThat was a dell issue, though, and had nothing to do with VLC. See the following comment by jbk (VLC lead): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7205875 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7205875