That’s weird. I had a g604 mouse that one of the side buttons fell off and I’d bought it from amazon a little over 2 years ago. Rep asked me for the serial and not receipt and basically replaced it as soon as he saw pictures of it. Maybe you got a rep that’s a dick. Try again?
Every industry has done all they can to tap into our data because it’s easy money. Most people can’t imagine how something as unremarkable as every action, thought, or word of their daily lives could be aggregated in a way that could potentially restrict or hurt them in the future so it’s impossible to stop. To them it’s just a (minor) cost of “innovation.”
Personally, I’ll be consulting my local poor people on how to keep my car running for years to come with duct tape and wd40.
It’s actually not. The fediverse is supposed to be pretending ideas that aren’t in line with yours are evil and the people who have them are incapable of reason or morality? That only perpetuates the divide. Truly evil people are a much smaller percentage of the population than the internet implies. Let’s actually talk about things openly and work together peacefully. Don’t assume you’re arguing with some evil bastard with horrible intentions. Assume you’re arguing with someone whose perspective has been shaped by their actual experiences and isn’t so dense they’ll never budge. Assume ignorance and not hate, but even if it’s hate it’s possible that they don’t even understand why. It’s something people can work with. Maybe then humans can accept MORE types of people than just the ones that are popular at the time. If you don’t think that’s a better future maybe you should look inwardly.