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by carlosjobim 8 days ago
Do you think people will throw away their perfectly functioning devices because of politics?
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Yes. If this goes through, my Roku is going to the Goodwill.
Nah, they'll just put a "i bought it before elon went crazy" sticker on their brand-new cybertruck.

People talk a big game, but really are unprincipled in general.

> People talk a big game, but really are unprincipled in general.

At least regarding cybertrucks, pretty much no one is buying them. People are principled - Tesla's brand image is in the gutters and it shows, they are continuously losing market share and SpaceX had to bail out Tesla by buying 131 millions of dollars worth of Cybertrucks.

No, that's why I said that if any one did, it would be so low of a number that nobody would notice.
Waking up one day to see the Fox logo instead of Roku will remind people about the non consensual TV options in a hospital.
Yes. I’ve been wanting to for a while. This is the final push to swap my streaming boxes.
lol yes, do you really think (some) people won't?