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>I'm not entirely sure why this got downvoted Because we are on HackerNews, where the consequences of their own actions only exist for individuals and not the
by romwell 5y ago
>I'm not entirely sure why this got downvoted
Because we are on HackerNews, where the consequences of their own actions only exist for individuals and not the corporations they hope to be CEOs of one day.
I didn't realize that I'd need to argue, in 2021, that selling people dangerous products as safe is, in principle, wrong, but here we are.
To people asking "What did the OP expect", the answer is: whatever the instruction manual said on Page 1. And it surely didn't say: "WARNING: MAY KILL YOU DURING NORMAL OPERATION".
Once it does, we can have a discussion about everything else.
- Linosaurus 5y ago> whatever the instruction manual said on Page 1. And it surely didn't say: "WARNING: MAY KILL YOU DURING NORMAL OPERATION". Tbh it probably wouldn't take much to get that added to the boilerplate warnings of every battery product sold, just in case.
- romwell 5y agoThe point is, the manufacturers of safe products will have a selling point by being able to differentiated themselves. Heck, wired headphone makers will get a boost from that.