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Samsung forces repair stores to destroy customer smartphones, iFixit ends cooperation
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this post was submitted on 24 May 2024
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I think the part that bothers me the most is that, the customer is likely completely oblivious to the fact that a repair person used a third party part in their device.
I don't think most cellphone users are discerning enough to start checking if the repair place is actually licensed by Samsung to perform repairs or not. They just see the Samsung logo under the banner of "we fix these brands" and go in. As long as it's fully working when they walk out, they couldn't possibly give fewer shits whether genuine Samsung parts were used to fix the device.
This is essentially victim blaming. Anyone who can fix the phone themselves with non-Samsung parts is going to do it themselves and never get "caught" doing it. So instead of "catching" the "bad actors" putting non Samsung parts into phones, they're putting that responsibility on customers? That's a PR nightmare. What the fuck are they thinking?
They are thinking the got the customer by the balls because they're a state sanctioned monopoly. They're so big the CEO of Samsung has essentially the same power as the SK president.
Every major corp out of SK is a state sanctioned monopoly. The government tells Samsung "make washing machines now" and Samsung does.
I know it's been widely overlooked to allow South Korea to economically develop after the armistice, cold war and all, but at some point the rest of the free trading world is going to have to hit them with tariffs to protect native, or critical industries.
Frankly I'm really tired of looking the other way for any reason. Every other day it's a headline about how some government or multinational led the public on a 20 year gaslighting campaign. If I were to say, "hey did you hear that story about XXXY(any well known mega corp)?" Do you think I'd have a positive wholesome story to share? No. Because there never is. The structure of a corporation is set up to protect financiers from liability from the crimes theyre guaranteed to commit thru abusive, shortsighted, toxic business. It's literally the fucking point. But we don't have to accept that, and we don't have to choke back and somehow keep down our sense of justice, or be passively complicit, which is to nueter your morality, your sense of self
Our individual actions do matter in this case. Like don't buy shit off Temu, theyre using slave labor. Don't endorse that. Don't buy anything out of Dubai or Saudi Arabia, they, also, keep slaves. Don't support slavery. Including wage slavery. Don't do business with Israel until an non Zionist coalition is back in charge. Don't buy anything Russian. Genocide is not an acceptable modern practice. It CAN'T be. Boycott Mississippi and Louisiana as well, since they like to let their prisoners die of treatable conditions and bury them in unmarked graves. That is ALSO a genocide. Don't fucking fund crimes against humanity. This is kindergarten levels of sophistication.
And hopefully enough people will actually live their morals and gain seats of power, because we have to. Otherwise waves hands THIS.
Samsung is a chaebol. It brings in about 20% of South Koreas total income. It has university programs that train kids from high school to uni to go work for them. They are so big that they essentially control SK and its government. I guess when you have that much power, delusion creeps in pretty quick.
Here's a really solid documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jFZge6V_is
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It’s insane how their smartphones ever became so popular to begin with!
Fair point.
I mean even before that, what VP thought this was a good move?!?! Like who is going to buy your brand again? It’s more amazing Samsung is so out of touch with reality.
Companies are getting away with way too much these days.
Eh most people will never hear of this and if they do probably won't care
Well, I definitely agree that corpos are getting away with too much.
The walled gardens of cellphones and whatnot creeping into vehicles, from farm equipment to consumer cars, this is just kind of ridiculous. Everyone wants to be the one-and-only that can do anything to the things you've purchased. We desperately need the right to repair for all things... Not just cars, phones, etc (even operating systems are trying to get into a walled garden situation).
They've tribalised the very concept of owning something.
I'm guessing that samsung probably has a link on their website for people looking to repair their phones and on order to get your shop listed there you have to agree to use samsung certified parts