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Razer made to pay $1.2M over 'N95' face mask that wasn't

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Re: Razer made to pay $1.2M over 'N95' face mask that wasn't

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Post by consumer451 »

xen0 wrote: post #49
consumer451 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While not a recommendation, I mentioned the Razer gaming laptop to a co-worker. He bought one, it started to de-laminate and bend itself into a potato chip. I had never seen anything like it. They would not take a return, he had to do a credit card charge back, and blamed me forever. Their laptops had a 50% failure rate at Linus Media Group, according to Luke during a WAN Show. Linus kept pushing them on his viewers…

> Their laptops had a 50% failure rate at Linus Media Group, according to Luke during a WAN Show. Linus kept pushing them on his viewers though. Do you have link to that particular show? It's surprising it was mentioned and that Linus was still 'supporting' it at the time.

I'm sorry, I do not, this all happened a while ago. I am pretty sure of my recollection of the sequence of events, but take it with a grain of salt, just one grain though.

It was awkward as heck. I gained a lot of respect for Luke that day for keeping it real.

Re: Razer made to pay $1.2M over 'N95' face mask that wasn't

#52

Post by riedel »

jasonpeacock wrote: post #17

This issue was first highlighted by Naomi Wu who called them out, which led to them dropping the N95 claims: https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg/status/148044516835651993...

It is a tragedy that she obviously had to stop all her public activities [0]

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37154414

Re: Razer made to pay $1.2M over 'N95' face mask that wasn't

#53

Post by banana_giraffe »

xen0 wrote: post #49
consumer451 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While not a recommendation, I mentioned the Razer gaming laptop to a co-worker. He bought one, it started to de-laminate and bend itself into a potato chip. I had never seen anything like it. They would not take a return, he had to do a credit card charge back, and blamed me forever. Their laptops had a 50% failure rate at Linus Media Group, according to Luke during a WAN Show. Linus kept pushing them on his viewers…

> Their laptops had a 50% failure rate at Linus Media Group, according to Luke during a WAN Show. Linus kept pushing them on his viewers though. Do you have link to that particular show? It's surprising it was mentioned and that Linus was still 'supporting' it at the time.

I suspect this is the comment mentioned:

https://youtu.be/_Sd608uzI0Q?t=710

Re: Razer made to pay $1.2M over 'N95' face mask that wasn't

#54

Post by saintfire »

whaleofatw2022 wrote: post #42
consumer451 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While not a recommendation, I mentioned the Razer gaming laptop to a co-worker. He bought one, it started to de-laminate and bend itself into a potato chip. I had never seen anything like it. They would not take a return, he had to do a credit card charge back, and blamed me forever. Their laptops had a 50% failure rate at Linus Media Group, according to Luke during a WAN Show. Linus kept pushing them on his viewers…

They made a lot of money on their WOW mice back in the day. They were like the Beats Audio of mice for MMO folks. The sheer number of buttons helped. Logitech had the G60? Mmo mouse but it didn't have the 'edgy styling' of razer' products. That said, I still have two of the logi's (never did MMO, but that thing was awesome for CAD) one is over a decade old, more than I can say about any of the razer trash my friends…

I had a Razer mouse for 10 years as well. I hated the software but the mouse wouldn't die. I also just had a Logitech mouse die in under 2 years.

That said, I'm not advocating Razer, especially nowadays.

Re: Razer made to pay $1.2M over 'N95' face mask that wasn't

#56

Post by HeatrayEnjoyer »

civilrights wrote: post #55
jasonpeacock wrote: post #17

This issue was first highlighted by Naomi Wu who called them out, which led to them dropping the N95 claims: https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg/status/148044516835651993...

[flagged]

Give an example of what you're talking about.

Re: Razer made to pay $1.2M over 'N95' face mask that wasn't

#57

Post by civilrights »

HeatrayEnjoyer wrote: post #56
civilrights wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

[flagged]

Give an example of what you're talking about.

I'll tell you this. This website, just like reddit since about 2006-07, shadowbans popular right-leaning posts and leaves ones that the community down rates up. You are on what is very likely a site infiltrated by China...

Re: Razer made to pay $1.2M over 'N95' face mask that wasn't

#58

Post by rasz »

c2h5oh wrote: post #32
jeffwask wrote: post #15

After they tried slipping a bitcoin miner in their mouse software that paid you in Razer Points, I was done with Razer. This seems on brand.

Hardware wasn't great either. Both me and my wife had issues with right mouse button switches failing and registering two clicks instead of one. This was 5 mice across 2 models (2 we bought, 3 we got as warranty replacements) in just a year. It's been over a decade and it's still a razer-free household.

Ironically Logitech might be partly to blame for this. Logitech being the biggest Omron customer of D2F switches basically forced them to move manufacturing from Japan to China the way Walmart forces suppliers to cut costs until they bleed. Thus the era of "10 million click" switches dying precisely around 1 year of use began.

Nowadays Razer and other high end mouse vendors use immortal Optical switches.

Re: Razer made to pay $1.2M over 'N95' face mask that wasn't

#59

Post by HeatrayEnjoyer »

civilrights wrote: post #57
HeatrayEnjoyer wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Give an example of what you're talking about.

I'll tell you this. This website, just like reddit since about 2006-07, shadowbans popular right-leaning posts and leaves ones that the community down rates up. You are on what is very likely a site infiltrated by China...

You still have not provided any examples. Where are your URLs?

Re: Razer made to pay $1.2M over 'N95' face mask that wasn't

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Post by consumer451 »

banana_giraffe wrote: post #53
xen0 wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Their laptops had a 50% failure rate at Linus Media Group, according to Luke during a WAN Show. Linus kept pushing them on his viewers though. Do you have link to that particular show? It's surprising it was mentioned and that Linus was still 'supporting' it at the time.

I suspect this is the comment mentioned: https://youtu.be/_Sd608uzI0Q?t=710

Exactly! I am really curious, how did you find this? Was it memory, or search?
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