Australian consumer law specifically protects against this. The consumer has a choice between a repair (if possible), a refund or a replacement; the retailer doesn’t get to choose for them. At today’s prices, replacement is the only sensible choice. The retailer has to take it up with the manufacturer to cover their costs.

Any purchases that require research are a big screen job.

Yes, but also Sturmabteilung

The US Empire is really just a successor to the British Empire

I am also 36 and my kids are nowhere near old enough to frequent Lemmy. I certainly don’t feel old, but I am well aware of the signs that I’m not as young as I used to be.

More sanewashing from the complicit media

Jasmania? Jictoria?

Even mentioning Chris Minns bending over backwards for the Zionist lobby feels a bit uncomfortable in the context of this thread. (But seriously, fuck Chris Minns for bending over backwards for the Zionist lobby)

Before it launched I thought Bulldozer would be good. I even had an FX-8350, and in hindsight I’m not sure it was even an upgrade from the Phenom II X4 955 black edition that I had before