• @Excrubulent@slrpnk.net
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      52 years ago

      It’s in their agreement that you’ll buy another card from them instead of just flashing the image onto an SD card that won’t break.

      Sounds like it’d be pretty simple to just replace it and not tell them. If they tell you they know it should’ve broken down by now, just ask, “Why, did you intentionally sell me something defective?”

    • @Tilgare@lemmy.world
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      Oh yeah also all arcade games with prizes are rigged. All of them. We literally have a setting that determines how often the game will allow wins.

      One time on vacation, my little sister and I found a crane game in the game room of our hotel that was clearly over tuned - basically every button press was another win, it was great. We still remember it fondly. A stupid thing, but even at that age we knew these are usually scams and we we’re stoked to just basically get cheap toys.

    • Phoenixz
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      02 years ago

      That last paragraph sounds like something that is braking entire sets of laws and a big lawsuit waiting to happen

      • Dadd Volante
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        Yes. You have to have a license to charge people money to play those games.

        Otherwise you would have seen a ton of arcades open already

        Edit: I only know this because I asked a guy who ran one. His machines were in pretty bad shape and I inquired why he didn’t just do as you thought.