And that’s a surprise to… absolutely no one
This entire scheme was a combination of market manipulation along with a universal price hike. A lot of very rich people got a lot richer. They got to engage in insider trading while massively increasing prices while pretending they had no choice.
TBF, I’m not getting one from Linux, either.
If the government wanted the people to have it they could have stipulated that or, better yet, given it directly to the people. You need a complicit government for ‘privatized profit; socialized loses’
No one could have possibly anticipated this
*no one
Fixed, thx
Yes, that’s correct, they are under no obligation. Obviously. It would be nice if they did that, but there is obviously no obligation.
why?
because fuck you. that’s why.
They must just need more time to do the right thing naturally without being legally obligated?
Self regulation and the free* markets in action
And they’re not.
And you’re not obligated to buy their products
Is piracy a thing on modern consoles?
Look into the bounty on a PS5 firmware crack.
15k seems like a nice sum. I’m guessing it’s pretty locked down if a few months’ pay hasn’t led to anything
Or it could be an attempt to drive the sum up since Sony pay for bugs found. That said, these things take time to find too.
Use emulation. Can’t play the latest, but there’s no shortage
I figured. DS had great piracy, which is where my burgeoning hope was pulled from.
And I don’t. Those 800 games that I haven’t touched aren’t going to play themselves.
Neither one sussists on consumer products lol
Sony already don’t want me to buy their games, so at least they’ve ensured they don’t owe me a refund.
You literally can’t buy a game from them. They argued as much in court yesterday.
Just to highlight the good actors too:
For one thing, Arctic announced a price rollback after securing its refund, saying this will continue until “every single dollar Arctic received […] has been paid back to our customers.”
Panic, maker of the Playdate handheld, has taken a bolder stance, offering refunds to those who bought its console and were charged extra for its tariffs. Company co-founder Cabel Sasser said last month, “It’s just not our money to keep.”
Playdate handheld
That thing is so hilariously overpriced in the first place, that a few bucks don’t make any difference neither to the seller, nor the consumer.
And we have no obligation to buy their products. Bodycott is the only language companies understand
Not surprising considering most companies have no plans to refund the consumer for the tariff costs they passed on because there’s no regulation forcing them to do so.
did most companies pass it on though? some didnt and in those cases why should they?
Sigh…
And did you have a point on the cases of companies that didn’t? The answer to that is blatantly obvious and not that deep.
Guess I’ll continue pirating their shit.
I can’t really blame them. I wouldn’t expect a check in the mail from Starbucks because of their coffee bean tariffs were refunded.
Starbucks doesn’t require you to have a verified identity, contact information, and credit card on file to buy beans. The companies in question could do this with the click of a button.
Okay then I don’t expect my local deli to give me a 50 cent refund on a turkey sandwitch. Don’t be pedantic.
