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Consumer Rights Wiki

296 points by gregsadetsky 2mo ago

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eccentricwind 2mo ago
Dear Santa, please make consumer rights true; The other entities didn't really listen.
a9i 2mo ago
It is a commendable initiative, but its credibility must be maintained by applying the policies scrupulously. It's a pity that pages cannot be created in other languages, given that anti-consumer practices also occur outside the English-speaking world.
- eru 2mo ago
  You can create something like verbraucher-rechte.de just fine.
- JamesTDG 2mo ago
  The main issue is the fact that the wiki just does not have enough resources to support having more than just the English language. It would be nice to support having more languages and thus covering more anti-consumer incidents in non-English parts of the world. Realistically speaking, it would be unfair to run a wiki with additional languages where the volunteer staff are unable to actually moderate the content because they can't understand the language.
LelouBil 2mo ago
I encountered a BTRFS filesystem corruption today, nothing too heavy, it got recovered by a repair (even tough I don't know what caused it, memtest is clean and ssd is also clean), but while researching about it I was surprised to see Louis Rossman's business website show up ! https://rossmanngroup.com/problems/btrfs-filesystem-corruption-recovery https://rossmanngroup.com/problems/btrfs-filesystem-corrupti...
- chrysoprace 2mo ago
  Louis is quite vocal about transparency for consumers and openly sharing knowledge for people to be able to do repairs themselves or even set up a competing business.
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- Aurornis 2mo ago
  Wow, the amount of AI-generated SEO content on this website is wild. I clicked on one of the related articles and it's also hijacking my scroll so I can't scroll down to the pages of extra content underneath the article. I don't care who's doing it, that's not cool.
  - efilife 2mo ago
    he explained why he does that. In short, he was fighting to be displayed in search results by having legitimate content on the site for months, but the traffic was dying day by day and killing his business. He then asked Gemini to write him some bullshit SEO and went back to the 1st spot on google. Look for the video on his channel, it's not as bad as it looks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II2QF9JwtLc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II2QF9JwtLc I found this but keep in mind there were more videos about it. Let me leave the description of the video here: Google delisted my business for almost a year. Professional SEO couldn't fix it, creating a new site didnt help. What finally worked was having AI rewrite my authentic content into corporate-friendly bunk. I hate that it worked. This video took me a month to make because I felt ashamed of my decision.
    - hmry 2mo ago
      "The website search company sells a tool to make websites", just another entry in the looooong list of Google's conflicts of interest
    - Aurornis 2mo ago
matherial 2mo ago
It's funny how so many of the articles are hyper-specific grievances, e.g.: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Bose_QuietComfort_Sleepbuds_doesn%27t_allow_purchasing_new_case https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Bose_QuietComfort_Sleepbuds_do... https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Tyre_warranty_sold_via_mobile_fitting,_redeemable_only_at_fixed_garages https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Tyre_warranty_sold_via_mobile_... And there's also https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Mr._Clinton_the_cat https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Mr._Clinton_the_cat
- sfRattan 2mo ago
  Each one is a bit funny in isolation, and it's also true that the most common feedback is always unhappy feedback, but every company looking for another vein to tap for sustenance hopes observers will write off their particular incision as hyper-specific. Besides providing a place to check before doing business with a company, the Consumer Rights Wiki is about making the cumulative effect of a thousand hyper-specific cuts harder to ignore.
- ball_of_lint 2mo ago
  On the Bose one: Consider if your laptop was paired to it's specific charger and would refuse to charge with any other cable or charger. Lose or break your charger and suddenly your $2000+ laptop is irreparable. That seems obviously stupid, right? And the sort of thing that ought to be illegal? Well, the headphones are the same, just with a different looking charging cable.
  - eru 2mo ago
    > That seems obviously stupid, right? Yes. > And the sort of thing that ought to be illegal? No, why? As long as you know ahead of time what you are getting, seems fine to me. People are also allowed to buy impractical shoes in stupid colours, and that shouldn't be illegal.
    - Gigachad 2mo ago
      Because it's destroying the planet creating mountains of ewaste. And because as a consumer, I don't want to spend a week doing research on every product to make sure they aren't abusing my rights in some confusing way that only shows up years down the line. In the same way I like not having to check restaurants are poisoning me, I like knowing my consumer rights are being respected in every other industry.
chrysoprace 2mo ago
For those that don't know, this is an initiative started by Louis Rossmann and is largely run by a few volunteers.
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jocelyner 2mo ago
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zero0529 2mo ago
Any RSS feed for articles? I can only find one for every change and it is quite spammy.

296 points by gregsadetsky 2mo ago

deleted 2mo ago

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eccentricwind 2mo ago

Dear Santa, please make consumer rights true; The other entities didn't really listen.

a9i 2mo ago

It is a commendable initiative, but its credibility must be maintained by applying the policies scrupulously. It's a pity that pages cannot be created in other languages, given that anti-consumer practices also occur outside the English-speaking world.

eru 2mo ago
You can create something like verbraucher-rechte.de just fine.
JamesTDG 2mo ago
The main issue is the fact that the wiki just does not have enough resources to support having more than just the English language. It would be nice to support having more languages and thus covering more anti-consumer incidents in non-English parts of the world. Realistically speaking, it would be unfair to run a wiki with additional languages where the volunteer staff are unable to actually moderate the content because they can't understand the language.

LelouBil 2mo ago

I encountered a BTRFS filesystem corruption today, nothing too heavy, it got recovered by a repair (even tough I don't know what caused it, memtest is clean and ssd is also clean), but while researching about it I was surprised to see Louis Rossman's business website show up ! https://rossmanngroup.com/problems/btrfs-filesystem-corruption-recovery https://rossmanngroup.com/problems/btrfs-filesystem-corrupti...

chrysoprace 2mo ago
Louis is quite vocal about transparency for consumers and openly sharing knowledge for people to be able to do repairs themselves or even set up a competing business.
- deleted 2mo ago
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Aurornis 2mo ago
Wow, the amount of AI-generated SEO content on this website is wild. I clicked on one of the related articles and it's also hijacking my scroll so I can't scroll down to the pages of extra content underneath the article. I don't care who's doing it, that's not cool.
- efilife 2mo ago
  he explained why he does that. In short, he was fighting to be displayed in search results by having legitimate content on the site for months, but the traffic was dying day by day and killing his business. He then asked Gemini to write him some bullshit SEO and went back to the 1st spot on google. Look for the video on his channel, it's not as bad as it looks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II2QF9JwtLc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II2QF9JwtLc I found this but keep in mind there were more videos about it. Let me leave the description of the video here: Google delisted my business for almost a year. Professional SEO couldn't fix it, creating a new site didnt help. What finally worked was having AI rewrite my authentic content into corporate-friendly bunk. I hate that it worked. This video took me a month to make because I felt ashamed of my decision.
  - hmry 2mo ago
    "The website search company sells a tool to make websites", just another entry in the looooong list of Google's conflicts of interest
  - Aurornis 2mo ago

matherial 2mo ago

It's funny how so many of the articles are hyper-specific grievances, e.g.: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Bose_QuietComfort_Sleepbuds_doesn%27t_allow_purchasing_new_case https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Bose_QuietComfort_Sleepbuds_do... https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Tyre_warranty_sold_via_mobile_fitting,_redeemable_only_at_fixed_garages https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Tyre_warranty_sold_via_mobile_... And there's also https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Mr._Clinton_the_cat https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Mr._Clinton_the_cat

sfRattan 2mo ago
Each one is a bit funny in isolation, and it's also true that the most common feedback is always unhappy feedback, but every company looking for another vein to tap for sustenance hopes observers will write off their particular incision as hyper-specific. Besides providing a place to check before doing business with a company, the Consumer Rights Wiki is about making the cumulative effect of a thousand hyper-specific cuts harder to ignore.
ball_of_lint 2mo ago
On the Bose one: Consider if your laptop was paired to it's specific charger and would refuse to charge with any other cable or charger. Lose or break your charger and suddenly your $2000+ laptop is irreparable. That seems obviously stupid, right? And the sort of thing that ought to be illegal? Well, the headphones are the same, just with a different looking charging cable.
- eru 2mo ago
  > That seems obviously stupid, right? Yes. > And the sort of thing that ought to be illegal? No, why? As long as you know ahead of time what you are getting, seems fine to me. People are also allowed to buy impractical shoes in stupid colours, and that shouldn't be illegal.
  - Gigachad 2mo ago
    Because it's destroying the planet creating mountains of ewaste. And because as a consumer, I don't want to spend a week doing research on every product to make sure they aren't abusing my rights in some confusing way that only shows up years down the line. In the same way I like not having to check restaurants are poisoning me, I like knowing my consumer rights are being respected in every other industry.

chrysoprace 2mo ago

For those that don't know, this is an initiative started by Louis Rossmann and is largely run by a few volunteers.

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jocelyner 2mo ago

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zero0529 2mo ago

Any RSS feed for articles? I can only find one for every change and it is quite spammy.