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[–] 58 points 1 month ago (1 child)

I just don't understand how this could happen for a company as large and established as dbrand. If it was just a guy doing 3D prints on Etsy I could understand. But this is a 14 year old company that has sold millions of product and has already had cease and desist complaints levied against them (the Sony PS5 Darkplates). Makes 0 sense.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    It’s not even the first time THIS YEAR. They announced a “1984” retro Apple logo line, started selling it, and less than two weeks later all mention of it was scrubbed

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  • [–] 28 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    It's probably on TEMU now for a dollar

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    The biggest issue I have with Chinese knockoffs is they just copy the real product photos and mail you the shittiest replica.

    I really wish there was an easier way to track down the original product to both support the creator and get quality.

    I backed the an originalcoffee knock box some 10 years ago and there's LOADS Of knockoffs now. Mine is a freaking tank and I can tell these knock offs won't definately won't last 10 years.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Still getting dbrand in news headlines. In my experience with shopping with dbrand, they try to be the fun, hip brand. Not clean, boriring coprate.

    If they manage to sell the case, that's good for them. If they can't sell it, then oops. More free press for them.

    And to be fair, if the steam machine was more affordable, I was also going to try and get this shell (or should I say, Chell) too. But with no shell, all my current desktops more expandable (can never drop back to a 2 monitor system), and SteamOS easier to install, I have no need for the cube now.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago

    if the steam machine was more affordable,

    But with no shell, ... I have no need for the cube now.

    "I can't afford a Porsche, but now that they've discontinued the color I liked, I'm not buying one"

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    Marketing? dbrand is bizarre.

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  • [+] -8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    But Gabe loves us! Surely he and his benevolent company wouldn't be petty fuck faces and go after sometime for a product they have no intent on selling!

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    We don't know what they tried even they tried to get the licence retroactively. Could even have just been too expensive

    It's also very possible that Valve already has given a different company the licence to produce a similar product

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  • [+] -9 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    And it's also possible Trump didn't fuck kids. I wouldn't believe it until I saw a lick of evidence.

    The hoops y'all jump through to defend that company.

    But yeah I'll be sure to be on the lookout for this totally coming out tomorrow skin that's not being advertised during peak frenzy 🤣👌👍

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Tim, don't you have more important things to do than astroturfing on Lemmy? Like not enshittifying your company?

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  • [–] -3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Gaben doesn't love you 🤣

    He's on a yacht funding his kids racing career, he'll never love you 🤣

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