21 Aug
2012
21 Aug
'12
12:36 p.m.
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From: Mouse <mouse at rodents-montreal.org>
I think that's inaccurate at least by implication.
I think it's not the individual end users that want that.? I think it's
the intermediate companies.? They want inexpensive and they want it to
die ASAP after the warranty period.
C: Nobody wants cheap garbage. That's not what he meant. What people absolutely do
want is _inexpensive_. More often then not that requires a trade off. No not all Chinese
stuff is horrible. But most of it is inexpensive by comparison. The tradeoffs are thrown
in gratis :(
We don't know what end users want.
C: Yes we do. They want the most they can get for their money. Sometimes end-losers, like
me, are foolish in their decisions. I became enticed by cheap tablets when I became aware
of their existence. I bit, but I made a BIG mistake while perusing it's features
(found a cheap one w/a resistive screen - Oi, big mistake). Also bought it from a loser of
an American drop shipper. I can live w/some of it's h/w deficiencies, I dont' hate
it. What I can't live with is the quirky filesystem shortcomings. Not sure what
that's a function of exactly, cheapo firmware or not.
?I have learned that there are better models, considerably better. But they _all_ have
their shortcomings. But to me they're just toys, w/limited serious functionality. And
I tend to spend much less on my toys then on serious purchases.
? They are mostly not given an chance
to express a desire for anything else by purchasing decisions, since
it's difficult to find anything else amid the ocean of
race-to-the-bottom cheap crap.? Most end users have never encountered
decent reliability.
C: I can't agree w/that. I'm sure that the person who bought a 400$ Android tablet
has much less to complain about then those who bought one for 150$. Ask them to swap, and
they'll laugh at you. But it all depends on what you mean by reliability. Most of the
hardware I own is pretty flawless. The software components are what bother me.
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[...], not
everything from the Chinese is junk.
They'll build what people want them to
build, and it's just
unfortunate that the vast majority of people want cheap shit with
poor reliability and a short lifespan.