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Soulja Boy Is Selling Cheap Emulators as His Own Consoles

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Post by slashink »

azinman2 wrote: post #23

The Soulja watch is interesting to me. I see very similar ones coming from China, but it’s pretty amazing that at any hardware spec a “smart” watch could be sold as little as $10, let alone with profit. They’re shameless rips of Apple, but at $10 damn that’s crazy.

The really interesting part is that the highlight marketing photos are using pictures of an Apple Watch and when you actually check the product, the "real" photos is nothing like it.

This is basically adding a known brand onto cheap tech knockoff products.

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Post by justaman »

yakshaving_jgt wrote: post #28

(You!) Soulja Boy, I tell 'em Hey, I got a new cheap emulator for you all called the SouljaGame You! You gotta steal intellectual property rights then crank back three times from left to right

Wonder if he got a supaman game on dat hoe

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Post by mkhalil »

fb03 wrote: post #16

I would sincerely love to know how he got this idea. I mean, he is a renowned musician. Why would he out of nowhere sell something that reeks of piracy and can get him into problems? I fail to understand.

He has been broke for a long time. He spent all his money really fast and never really recovered. He has been caught numerous times flaunting "Motion Picture" money as if it's real.

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whywhywhywhy wrote: post #27
fb03 wrote: post #16

I would sincerely love to know how he got this idea. I mean, he is a renowned musician. Why would he out of nowhere sell something that reeks of piracy and can get him into problems? I fail to understand.

Rap music has a strong history of building your brand then licensing products with your name/brand on them or even to the extent of Kanye where he actually designs his own fashion line/shoes.

> even to the extent of Kanye where he actually designs his own fashion line/shoes.

There is no way he does that himself, just like all the other wannabe fashion/perfume/merchandising brands. They just use their fame to tack on another revenue stream.

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Post by ocdtrekkie »

I've found it interesting that knockoff SNES and NES classics are pervasive not just online these days, but and brick and mortar malls. For the unknowing parent buying for their kids, they seem like the better offer, they usually list having hundreds of games rather than the couple dozen with the legitimate consoles. At a glance, they look official, having similar styling to both the hardware and the classic Nintendo box look.

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Post by kakarot »

jacquesm wrote: post #35
whywhywhywhy wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Rap music has a strong history of building your brand then licensing products with your name/brand on them or even to the extent of Kanye where he actually designs his own fashion line/shoes.

> even to the extent of Kanye where he actually designs his own fashion line/shoes. There is no way he does that himself, just like all the other wannabe fashion/perfume/merchandising brands. They just use their fame to tack on another revenue stream.

Actually Kanye is quite into fashion and apparel, instead of just making assumptions about someone's capabilities because they're famous, use that energy to learn about them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West#Fashion

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Post by mikeash »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #20
dleslie wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Best Buy has been selling pirate retro consoles for months, with no action taken against them. https://m.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/300-in-1-portable-retro-m... And, of course, Amazon and Ali Baba have been selling them for ages.

That's not being sold by Best Buy, it says "sold by CC Trading Bridge".

Regardless of what it says, that’s Best Buy’s store, Best Buy gets your money, and Best Buy gets your phone call or email if there’s a problem with the purchase. I’d call that “sold by Best Buy.”
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