bamboo

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[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Nintendo is being singled out because they're withholding the tariff refunds for tariffs they never paid and passed on to the customers. When the tariffs were imposed, no one really blamed Nintendo and knew it was the Administration's fault. If Nintendo didn't want sales to drop because of higher prices, they could have eaten the additional tariff cost until it all got sorted out. Had they done this, then they'd be entitled to that tariff refund money. Instead they passed on the tariff cost to customers, which sucks for customers but was really the only sensible thing Nintendo could have done given the circumstances, and most people aren't really blaming Nintendo on that decision. But now Nintendo is trying to have it both ways, not pay any of the tariffs and keep all of the tariff refunds which is why they're being singled out. It's pure greed on their part with blatant disrespect to their customers.

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, you know, you're right. Fuck me for wanting the people who make good content to be paid and recognized for their hard work.

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 38 points 2 months ago (3 children)

There are creators I follow who don't make videos full time because the money isn't there yet for them, but they make good videos. Sponsoring them on Pateron helps them financially, but doesn't help them grow. if I can signal that this is good content and more people should see it, that helps the creator out and encourages more of that type of content to be created.

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

idk about you but never had an issue with chase's website on Firefox that prevented me from using it.

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Microsoft has been mum on any details about these matters, so it's hard to tell if the situation is about an uncooperative researcher who doesn't follow standard disclosure rules or a company being difficult about security reports. Regardless, the move to ban Eclipse's GitHub account makes for poor optics, as it is being heavily criticized, and ultimately achieves nothing for security, since the code is out there anyway.

Classic Streisand effect. Just two years ago Satya Nadella publicly announced they're prioritizing security above all else, but now have nothing to say about these exploits and are trying to silence the researcher? Viewing from the sidelines, it did seem a bit reckless how Eclipse was dropping these as zero days, but Microsoft's actions speak louder than words and they probably didn't pay for the bounties.

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