_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoGoogle might keep your Pixel during a repair if you're caught using non-OEM partswww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up1310arrow-down18
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minus-squareKokesh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up75·2 years agoHow is this not a theft? There can’t be any policy like that holding up at court.
minus-squaresystemglitch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·2 years agoShort of a class action, no one can afford to take them to court and they know it. Bullies be bullying.
minus-squareslaacaa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 years agoIf you stole a phone from a Google office, they would call the police and you go to jail. If Google steals your phone, you can try to sue them. The system working as intented, keeping us lowly plebs in our place.
minus-squarelapping6596@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 years agoSmall claims court? At least if you lose the case you’ll know it ended up costing them 10x what the phone cost you. Though forced arbitration is probably in there somewhere
minus-squarebarsquid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoI need forced arbitration to be federally unenforceable.
How is this not a theft? There can’t be any policy like that holding up at court.
Short of a class action, no one can afford to take them to court and they know it. Bullies be bullying.
If you stole a phone from a Google office, they would call the police and you go to jail. If Google steals your phone, you can try to sue them. The system working as intented, keeping us lowly plebs in our place.
Small claims court? At least if you lose the case you’ll know it ended up costing them 10x what the phone cost you.
Though forced arbitration is probably in there somewhere
I need forced arbitration to be federally unenforceable.