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> But forget the latter, democracy is stuffed, and Big Tech has it by the balls anyway. Not everywhere. Here in Vic, Australia, I can return a product for defe
by josephg 2y ago
> But forget the latter, democracy is stuffed, and Big Tech has it by the balls anyway.
Not everywhere. Here in Vic, Australia, I can return a product for defects any time within its “expected product lifetime”. How long is that? It’s never specified explicitly! So yeah, it kinda doesn’t matter how old a laptop is if the manufacturer pulls stunts like this. You can still give them a headache if you want to.
Europe also has great customer protection laws. And this domain is .NZ - I wouldn’t be surprised if New Zealand has decent customer protection laws too.
The US’s democracy is stuffed. But thankfully the world is much bigger than the United States.
- CamouflagedKiwi 2y agoYes, NZ does. The Consumer Guarantees Act is pretty strong - goods must work for a "reasonable period", which is similarly not defined but has generally been upheld as you'd hope by the courts. Companies can't contract out of it.