[OT] Stupid consumers and inferior hardware (was: Monitor question)

[Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com>]

On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:53:00 -0500 (EST), Klistvud  wrote:
> ...
> I would go with George Carlin here: When you see how stupid an average  
> consumer is, consider that half of them are even more stupid than that.
> ...

I enjoyed your rant.  It reminds me of the "winmodems" which have been
rammed down our throats as well.  A similar thing is now happening with
Ethernet LAN interfaces.  The cheap Ethernet LAN interfaces built in to
many modern motherboards not only cannot operate at full LAN speed,
but they require proprietary non-free firmware to work at all!  You might
enjoy my anti-winmodem rant in the following web page:

   http://www.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/tp600.htm

It's in the "Crucial Background Information" section.

Manufacturers are not doing this because the consumer wants it.  They are
doing it to cut costs.  And they think they can get away with it.
And sadly, in most cases, they are right.  Most consumers can't even
tell that they are being ripped off.  If consumers stopped buying these
inferior items, manufacturers would stop producing them.  But they don't.
They keep buying them.  We're getting what we deserve, I'm afraid.

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