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Their mistake was to make the sticker distinguishable from the background plastic. Inquisitive people will always remove the sticker to reveal the tempting secr

Their mistake was to make the sticker distinguishable from the background plastic. Inquisitive people will always remove the sticker to reveal the tempting secrets behind.

missblit 3y ago
I just remove stickers because I hate all manner of visual distractions. If I could find a way to remove etched in / painted on logos from from computer hardware I'd do that too. Got a (pretty good) apron from William Sonoma but it had the logo sewed on with a huge patch, had to painstakingly unstitch it to get a pretty apron without any branding emblazoned across the front.
- JohnFen 3y ago
  I thought that I was the only weirdo that did this sort of thing, but I'm reassured to find a kindred spirit.
  - dylan604 3y ago
    My personal pet peeve is the branding car dealerships place on the cars they sell. I asked one sales person if I was going to get a monthly check from them for the advertising services I was providing for them. He thought I was joking. While I've never used a seam ripper to remove a logo from an article of clothing (kuddos to them), I have removed the license plate covers and decals from my car in front of the sales person that assumed I was joking before accepting the car.
    - jacquesm 3y ago
      Hehe, same here. I asked for a discount if they wanted to put their branded license plate holders on the car. No discount? Ok, I'll bring my own (they're like $5 each so no problem there). It's kind of weird that a dealer gets to use your vehicle to advertise, it's not like they built the car or something, they're just a middle man.
    - astura 3y ago
      I won't accept delivery of the car without the logos removed.
    - dismalpedigree 3y ago
      I forced them to agree to not apply the sticker to the car I ordered for delivery to the dealer. I got in in writing from the sales rep. When I went to pick up the car and it had their stupid sticker on it. They had to remove it and redo the clear coat at their expense.
    - _ah 3y ago
      Some car dealers have installed private car washes. Come in for a free wash, any time, as long as you own the car and are displaying the dealer plate. So at least in that case they're "paying" for the advertising.
      - quickthrower2 3y ago
        Lol good way to get someone who buys cars from dealers to come back.
      - folmar 3y ago
        This I wouldn't mind - a car wash is a high markup item just like advertising, and both sides would get something out from the deal.
    - c0nsumer 3y ago
      Last time I purchased a car, I told the salesperson that if there's any dealer logos or whatnot on it, I will not accept delivery. There was a license plate frame, it was very quickly removed.
- wildzzz 3y ago
  It's been awhile but I've always taken the logos off the front of the optical drives in my desktop builds. Takes like three wipes with some acetone and now you have a very clean look. Very few companies are willing to spend money on robust branding for whitebox goods so it's often very easy to remove logos from stuff like conference swag. I bought a pencil case for work off Amazon and it had a bright red patch with the company name on it, just some sort of absolute nonsense combination of consonants and vowels. One minute with an xacto blade cut the stitches and I was left with an acceptable quality pencil case.
  - matheusmoreira 3y ago
    That's awesome and I want to start doing this too. How do I learn which substances and tools to use for which materials?
- jacquesm 3y ago
  My stitch cutter is my favorite tool. I got mine from a surgeon in the hospital, before that I used one that is used for sewing, but the big one is a lot quicker.
  - Marsymars 3y ago
    I should really get one of those… I’ve been using the little scissors in my swiss army knife for years.
catchnear4321 3y ago
the little arrow on the bottom left also looks strikingly like a “peel here” indicator. pretty easy to peel, too, given how much larger the sticker is from the little port extrusion thing. for that matter, it isn’t even centered. assuming it would even remain stuck given how little it would be sticking to. almost like someone placed a sticker over a usb port. would someone do that?
- krackers 3y ago
  Even with the sticker, there's also a USB logo visible. It seems like this is not HP trying to trick the user into using wifi by hiding usb, but just letting them know that this thing supports wifi.
  - catchnear4321 3y ago
    exactly. that isn’t to say their app isn’t nefarious or supported by alphabet agencies. it could be. or not. but this sticker isn’t there to hide anything.
Marsymars 3y ago
My cable modem has a sticker that looks very much like the surrounding plastic. I’d never have noticed if reviews hadn’t pointed it out. Apparently hides three extra ethernet ports for situations with multiple static IPs or with link aggregation. (Things that aren’t needed for the typical residential modem user.)

Their mistake was to make the sticker distinguishable from the background plastic. Inquisitive people will always remove the sticker to reveal the tempting secrets behind.

missblit 3y ago

I just remove stickers because I hate all manner of visual distractions. If I could find a way to remove etched in / painted on logos from from computer hardware I'd do that too. Got a (pretty good) apron from William Sonoma but it had the logo sewed on with a huge patch, had to painstakingly unstitch it to get a pretty apron without any branding emblazoned across the front.

JohnFen 3y ago
I thought that I was the only weirdo that did this sort of thing, but I'm reassured to find a kindred spirit.
- dylan604 3y ago
  My personal pet peeve is the branding car dealerships place on the cars they sell. I asked one sales person if I was going to get a monthly check from them for the advertising services I was providing for them. He thought I was joking. While I've never used a seam ripper to remove a logo from an article of clothing (kuddos to them), I have removed the license plate covers and decals from my car in front of the sales person that assumed I was joking before accepting the car.
  - jacquesm 3y ago
    Hehe, same here. I asked for a discount if they wanted to put their branded license plate holders on the car. No discount? Ok, I'll bring my own (they're like $5 each so no problem there). It's kind of weird that a dealer gets to use your vehicle to advertise, it's not like they built the car or something, they're just a middle man.
  - astura 3y ago
    I won't accept delivery of the car without the logos removed.
  - dismalpedigree 3y ago
    I forced them to agree to not apply the sticker to the car I ordered for delivery to the dealer. I got in in writing from the sales rep. When I went to pick up the car and it had their stupid sticker on it. They had to remove it and redo the clear coat at their expense.
  - _ah 3y ago
    Some car dealers have installed private car washes. Come in for a free wash, any time, as long as you own the car and are displaying the dealer plate. So at least in that case they're "paying" for the advertising.
    - quickthrower2 3y ago
      Lol good way to get someone who buys cars from dealers to come back.
    - folmar 3y ago
      This I wouldn't mind - a car wash is a high markup item just like advertising, and both sides would get something out from the deal.
  - c0nsumer 3y ago
    Last time I purchased a car, I told the salesperson that if there's any dealer logos or whatnot on it, I will not accept delivery. There was a license plate frame, it was very quickly removed.
wildzzz 3y ago
It's been awhile but I've always taken the logos off the front of the optical drives in my desktop builds. Takes like three wipes with some acetone and now you have a very clean look. Very few companies are willing to spend money on robust branding for whitebox goods so it's often very easy to remove logos from stuff like conference swag. I bought a pencil case for work off Amazon and it had a bright red patch with the company name on it, just some sort of absolute nonsense combination of consonants and vowels. One minute with an xacto blade cut the stitches and I was left with an acceptable quality pencil case.
- matheusmoreira 3y ago
  That's awesome and I want to start doing this too. How do I learn which substances and tools to use for which materials?
jacquesm 3y ago
My stitch cutter is my favorite tool. I got mine from a surgeon in the hospital, before that I used one that is used for sewing, but the big one is a lot quicker.
- Marsymars 3y ago
  I should really get one of those… I’ve been using the little scissors in my swiss army knife for years.

catchnear4321 3y ago

the little arrow on the bottom left also looks strikingly like a “peel here” indicator. pretty easy to peel, too, given how much larger the sticker is from the little port extrusion thing. for that matter, it isn’t even centered. assuming it would even remain stuck given how little it would be sticking to. almost like someone placed a sticker over a usb port. would someone do that?

krackers 3y ago
Even with the sticker, there's also a USB logo visible. It seems like this is not HP trying to trick the user into using wifi by hiding usb, but just letting them know that this thing supports wifi.
- catchnear4321 3y ago
  exactly. that isn’t to say their app isn’t nefarious or supported by alphabet agencies. it could be. or not. but this sticker isn’t there to hide anything.

Marsymars 3y ago

My cable modem has a sticker that looks very much like the surrounding plastic. I’d never have noticed if reviews hadn’t pointed it out. Apparently hides three extra ethernet ports for situations with multiple static IPs or with link aggregation. (Things that aren’t needed for the typical residential modem user.)