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  • @ash36230
    @ash36230 Před 3 lety +1016

    That moment a homebrew software comes along to crack a car's features for you

    • @gavinthecrafter
      @gavinthecrafter Před 3 lety +67

      Hondabrew?

    • @evanyoung9714
      @evanyoung9714 Před 3 lety +95

      Sounds good, but I'm sure the companies would find some way to "encourage" you not to do that.

    • @superslimanoniem4712
      @superslimanoniem4712 Před 3 lety +2

      Just need to get it into it :)

    • @corb2193
      @corb2193 Před 3 lety +33

      @@evanyoung9714 it would just disable the brakes lol

    • @corollavirus4age
      @corollavirus4age Před 3 lety +20

      i mean ecu tunning has been a thing for over 50 years probably
      a few cars from the 90s already had simillar features disabled which someone could unlock it through most obd2 bluetooth adapters today
      except for weight i could see that as a win win situation if the hardware is already there in the car

  • @dumpsterdawg
    @dumpsterdawg Před 3 lety +2361

    Not our fault you got into an accident.....Brakes are a feature you paid for but can't use.

    • @Mario583a
      @Mario583a Před 3 lety +195

      Wanted those air bags to deploy? Too bad you did not have the money for this useful feature...
      No seriously, look up that Ai-1 Airbag Vest.

    • @bilateralrope8643
      @bilateralrope8643 Před 3 lety +43

      Having the high beams automatically switch to regular brightness was one of the features BMW was wanting to lock behind a subscription.

    • @Dojan5
      @Dojan5 Před 3 lety +97

      The digitalisation of cars is so idiotic. I don't want to fucking have to root/jailbreak my car. Further, sometimes "smart" features aren't particularly smart. It's pretty popular to have proximity detection on, that can detect whether or not you're about to crash into something and brake for you. I've seen it happen in the middle of a road with no abnormalities. No cars other than the car in question around. The car just slammed on the breaks. The driver looked horrified.
      It happened to my boss with her old car - every time she drove on a particularly narrow road, the car would slam the breaks because it thought she was crashing/driving off the road.

    • @tanmay______
      @tanmay______ Před 3 lety +36

      @@Dojan5 welcome to the world of solutionism my friend

    • @chrisblanchard6413
      @chrisblanchard6413 Před 3 lety +19

      hahah! too poor to afford safety?! get a job, loser!

  • @nosc0pe
    @nosc0pe Před 3 lety +2678

    The inkjet printer ink market simplified:
    Inkjet printer with ink: 58 dollars
    Ink cartridges: 56 dollars

    • @thabg007
      @thabg007 Před 3 lety +281

      thats why i switched to a laser printer, higher cost than an ink jet, but i bought this printer in 2016, still on the same toner with 30 percent remaining for all 4 toner cartridge's, unlike ink that dries up then has to be replaced, toner is already a dry powder. 1 inkjet printer i had, if i was out of cyan, the stupid printer wouldnt let me print even if it was just black (& white (the paper))

    • @SchwertKruemel
      @SchwertKruemel Před 3 lety +69

      if you are willing to spend a little more a printer you can get sth like an eco tank from epson where the inc is cheaper than the paper ($10 for 4500 pages)

    • @Verdigo76
      @Verdigo76 Před 3 lety +19

      The print heads in inkjet printers are contained in the ink cartridge itself as they wear out and require replacing. Rather than build a printer that makes the user service apart and be more expensive they just put them in the ink cartridges as they are replaced often.

    • @Swedfighter420
      @Swedfighter420 Před 3 lety +7

      Dude you have shac as your picture fill and chill

    • @jan-lukas
      @jan-lukas Před 3 lety +19

      The printer without ink: 2 dollars

  • @MadGelo
    @MadGelo Před 3 lety +436

    In online games, my team mates are factory disabled too

    • @pugchamp1795
      @pugchamp1795 Před 3 lety +4

      @Techquíckie the channel is verified so that doesn't work

    • @Ahmadsyar
      @Ahmadsyar Před rokem +2

      You get normal teammates for free, but you need to pay for competent teammates

    • @assburgers3457
      @assburgers3457 Před rokem

      I’m surprised genshin impact doesn’t do that

  •  Před 3 lety +645

    -Hi multifunction printer, I want to scan something.
    -Hi Dear Owner, no I need ink first!

    • @franksavage1499
      @franksavage1499 Před 3 lety +19

      Oh, yeah! I really hate this one! And I even got new ink without ever printing shit and lo and behold; the same arises

    • @MarcinKralka
      @MarcinKralka Před 3 lety +102

      >PC: Hello printer, I'd like you to print this black-and-white document.
      >Printer: Can't do, low on cyan.
      >PC: But it's black-an-
      >Printer: No dammit, that's not possible. Low on cyan.

    • @joshix833
      @joshix833 Před 3 lety +15

      @@MarcinKralka I had that and then it printed the black text blue.

    • @no1DdC
      @no1DdC Před 3 lety +27

      @@MarcinKralka Every inkjet printer prints a secret, almost invisible code pattern on every page, which uses color ink. This code is meant to track you in case you print ransom letters, counterfeit money and other nefarious things at home. That's why it needs color ink for black and white pages.
      As a side note, some printers offer the option to mix color ink to print black and white, which is horribly inefficient, but works in a pinch.

    • @superslimanoniem4712
      @superslimanoniem4712 Před 3 lety +10

      @@no1DdC still ineffective. Someone can easily wash out a new cartridge or fill it with alcohol.

  • @rishikrishnanpk8931
    @rishikrishnanpk8931 Před 3 lety +1898

    Welcome to the Equatorial region, where the seat is always hot, whether you need it or not

    • @4450krank
      @4450krank Před 3 lety +63

      Some cars have AC in the seats now:)

    • @headxplosion
      @headxplosion Před 3 lety +3

      yes :)

    • @jackcoulson1518
      @jackcoulson1518 Před 3 lety +58

      I can literally feel your comment thru my laptop🤣

    • @ryuzaki5491
      @ryuzaki5491 Před 3 lety +25

      Boys be making omelets on bike seats here.

    • @abeldias3616
      @abeldias3616 Před 3 lety +6

      Hey your pfp is my wallpaper (and Minecraft Cape)

  • @rihopytsep
    @rihopytsep Před 3 lety +662

    I remember being able to unlock my 3 core Athlon into a 4 core Phenom, was amazing, but my stock cooler wasn't a big fan.

  • @Nullzd
    @Nullzd Před 3 lety +388

    1975: in 2020 we will have flying cars
    2021: we have cars with dlc and subscription

    • @terrabiker
      @terrabiker Před 2 lety +12

      Insert 50c to take off, for gear up insert another 50c, engine #1 is on fire , please insert a $1 into the slot in front of you to activate fire suppression system...

    • @Prakhar_Choubey
      @Prakhar_Choubey Před 2 lety

      Lol 🤣🤣

    • @aritradhabal
      @aritradhabal Před 2 lety +9

      Time to torrent cars

    • @absenthurdle5666
      @absenthurdle5666 Před rokem

      @@terrabiker ea be like

    • @youravghuman5231
      @youravghuman5231 Před rokem

      2050: buying and selling concepts don't exist.
      Everything is free! You just need to work 12 hours only to unlock driving for 30 mins, using devices for 2 hours, bathing for 1 hour and a settlement for 6 hours. When the time limit runs out, you just need to work for another 12 hours! What a great deal!

  • @JoeCensored
    @JoeCensored Před 3 lety +333

    My favorite is my printer refuses to print black and white when cyan is out. Yes it has a separate black cartridge.

    • @Palmtop_User
      @Palmtop_User Před 3 lety +15

      "fuck you, low cyan"

    • @imaginaoYouTubesoquecomarrobas
    • @bgezal
      @bgezal Před 3 lety +36

      Not about cyan, but yellow is required for color printers even in b&w en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Identification_Code

    • @Pax.YouTube
      @Pax.YouTube Před 3 lety +5

      @@bgezal Interesting

    • @StevenLightning
      @StevenLightning Před 3 lety +4

      @@bgezal Huh, that is pretty interesting. That article only mentions some color laser printers though. The technology doesn’t really seem to be used for standard ink printers.

  • @AshnSilvercorp
    @AshnSilvercorp Před 3 lety +371

    Right to Repair and this go hand in hand.

    • @-SP.
      @-SP. Před 3 lety +3

      @Techquíckie I am not understanding the numbers, I need further assistance please

    • @benschneider3413
      @benschneider3413 Před 3 lety +13

      @@-SP. that account is fake! look at the first "i". The dot ist different.

    • @-SP.
      @-SP. Před 3 lety +2

      @@benschneider3413 lol I know

    • @technologicalelite8076
      @technologicalelite8076 Před 3 lety +5

      @Techquíckie you're impersonating Tech quickie. That's illegal

    • @williammacbeth7282
      @williammacbeth7282 Před 2 lety +2

      Bloodshed and upperclass had always gone hand in hand

  • @brianjlevine
    @brianjlevine Před 3 lety +42

    My very first programming job was while I was still in college. We had an IBM System 34 at work (the precursor to the iSeries) and it had a whopping 128K of RAM. At some point they decided to upgrade to 256K (it also could be upgraded to 512K). I was in the computer room working when the IBM rep came to do the upgrade, and I watched him. He opened a panel on the unit and changed 2 jumpers on a block of 3 jumpers and closed the panel up again, then left. The unit already had the extra memory in it! It just wasn't enabled. I tried to get my boss to let me fiddle with the jumpers to see if I could get us up to 512K , but he was afraid that I'd void the warranty. Turns out that our line printer worked the same way: 3 different models with 3 different printing speeds, each more expensive. Turns out it was the same model with a resister pack in it to slow it down.

    • @bgezal
      @bgezal Před 3 lety +5

      I worked as tech in a company that sold PC upgrade parts. The then new PS/2 PC's required special IBM RAM modules but I resoldered the four bit null-ohm resistors on regular 72-pin SIMMs to make them identify as IBM modules, and we sold them way cheaper and plenty of them.

  • @scnuzz9046
    @scnuzz9046 Před 3 lety +913

    Something which you’ll never want:
    *Warranty from Dell*

    • @gwgux
      @gwgux Před 3 lety +24

      Unless they decide to put a software switch in there that makes your voltage config go out of what and it over-volts your hardware randomly unless you pay for the warranty and they turn off that 'feature'.

    • @GhostSlayerYT
      @GhostSlayerYT Před 3 lety +8

      why wont you want it lol
      I buy EXTRA one/two year warranty whenever available

    • @beastthemonster3675
      @beastthemonster3675 Před 3 lety +21

      Why tho. Used to work at dell. Never denied warranty

    • @InfernosReaper
      @InfernosReaper Před 3 lety +36

      @@beastthemonster3675 The real problem is when they send Steve to go fix your stuff and Steve uses too much thermal paste and only half the screws.

    • @Danfunnyman1234
      @Danfunnyman1234 Před 3 lety +18

      Warrenties from dell are like warrenties on a racing motor. It's going to get used, so joke's on them for forcing it on me.
      I've never had any Dell product survive longer than 2 months. Such awful build quality...

  • @damiangrouse4564
    @damiangrouse4564 Před 3 lety +316

    I get a LOT of printing after the low ink warning and I just found out that if you let it go far enough it turns into a you may be out of ink warning that’s my new benchmark

    • @JOCoStudio1
      @JOCoStudio1 Před 3 lety +72

      Guess you're lucky enough to have a printer that allows that, rather than straight up refusing to print.

    • @raider_aegis
      @raider_aegis Před 3 lety +6

      what printer do you own?

    • @damiangrouse4564
      @damiangrouse4564 Před 3 lety +5

      @@raider_aegis brother

    • @damiangrouse4564
      @damiangrouse4564 Před 3 lety +11

      @@JOCoStudio1 used to buy HP all the time and got tired of the rip-off. My brother printer is fairly old but the extended cap cartridges last a long time for my use.

    • @raider_aegis
      @raider_aegis Před 3 lety +1

      @@damiangrouse4564 ahh

  • @mpkava
    @mpkava Před 3 lety +86

    I had a Brother printer/scanner combo that refused to SCAN when the ink was low.

    • @TheGuyThatEveryoneIgnores
      @TheGuyThatEveryoneIgnores Před 3 lety +16

      Hewlett Packard does the same crap.

    • @IvanOoze1990
      @IvanOoze1990 Před 3 lety +2

      Oh brother

    • @RannonSi
      @RannonSi Před 3 lety +1

      @@TheGuyThatEveryoneIgnores Mine doesn't. The scanner works, the printer though... Let's just say that it wouldn't recognise the existence of paper were you to push it though it manually (haven't actually tried that).
      Edit: Re-read the question and realized that the printer's been broken for so long that I actually can't remember if it had the same *Bug/feature* back when it actually printed anything.

    • @germangarcia6118
      @germangarcia6118 Před 3 lety +1

      I have that with an Epson. The Brother one that I also have, doesn't. Unfortunately, the Epson produces much better quality scans :/
      I think all companies have gone through these tactics at some point in time, dropped them, tried again. It's just a matter of timing.
      Also, if you get one that doesn't do weird shit... never let it update the drivers! This Brother I have allows to scan when empty and also accepts unofficial cartridges. That firmare will remain outdated forever ^_^' It does ask for having the 4 cartriges with ink to print in B&W, but at less than $10 for the 4 pack, I don't care.

    • @RAFMnBgaming
      @RAFMnBgaming Před 3 lety +1

      @@germangarcia6118 Wow, printer ink is way cheaper in the states.

  • @bassam_salim
    @bassam_salim Před 3 lety +20

    Imagine this, you are late for work, you get in your car, start it, and instead of tge engine starting you get a messege on the dash saying:
    Your subscription for the starter has ended, call customer service to negotiate subscription fees for the next decade

    • @flameshana9
      @flameshana9 Před 3 lety +6

      People in 2081: _I don't have to imagine it, I'm living it._

    • @terrabiker
      @terrabiker Před 2 lety +3

      Horrible crash , everyone dead , seems that aribags didn't deploy...everyone scratches their head....until they see the dashboard computer saying: "We're terribly sorry , your airbag subscription expired."

    • @siddharthnandi3995
      @siddharthnandi3995 Před 2 lety

      Let's vote woth our wallets and not buy them.

  • @youdontknowme5969
    @youdontknowme5969 Před 3 lety +231

    "Speaking of taming wild beasts..."
    _was expecting a plug for Manscaped_ 🤣

    • @oscarfiala2104
      @oscarfiala2104 Před 3 lety +4

      I was expecting they were gonna plug a raid shadows legends add XD

  • @PlittHD
    @PlittHD Před 3 lety +39

    Imagine buying cars that get sold with
    - rear heated seats
    - Inteligent Automatic High beams
    - rear wheel steering that limits it's steering angle
    built in by default
    but you can only use it if you pay extra?
    Tesla, Mercedes-Benz and BMW would like to know your location

    • @imaginaoYouTubesoquecomarrobas
      @imaginaoYouTubesoquecomarrobas Před 3 lety

      Excuse me for unrelated-ness, but I like your pfp

    • @CreeperPookie
      @CreeperPookie Před 3 lety

      its*

    • @AdriaanCilliers90
      @AdriaanCilliers90 Před 2 lety +1

      Or you pay a "hacker" to jailbreak your car and activate thise features permanently.

    • @imaginaoYouTubesoquecomarrobas
      @imaginaoYouTubesoquecomarrobas Před 2 lety

      @@AdriaanCilliers90 that would void your warranty (and maybe your account would be suspended, so you couldn't use your car anymore unless the jailbreak fixes that issue)

    • @AdriaanCilliers90
      @AdriaanCilliers90 Před 2 lety +2

      @@imaginaoCZcamssoquecomarrobas True, what Im talking about doing should be done after warranty or if you buy a car without warranty. Any disabled feature should be enabled by jailbreaking. A good example is the world of gaming consoles..Just look what people are able to do with old PS3's and Xbox360's these days when they are jailbroken or "hacked"

  • @dtroy15
    @dtroy15 Před 3 lety +7

    A better example of this is disabling AM/FM reception in smartphones.
    Network providers convinced smartphone manufacturers years ago to stop allowing their phones to receive AM/FM signals (even though the phones are perfectly capable of it) because companies like AT&T and Verizon wanted to sell expensive internet based music streaming services instead.

    • @GiffysChannel
      @GiffysChannel Před 3 lety

      Don't forget about hotspots

    • @nikm5628
      @nikm5628 Před 3 lety +2

      In some cases it's possible to unlock the am/fm with an internet radio app that also controls your hardware radio. Can't remember which app 🤷🏻‍♂️
      I'm using an lg g5; fm is unlocked by default, battery is removable (I have 3 and a spare g5 for charging), it has a headphone jack and has an ir blaster. Also has USB-C and fast charging 👍
      I swear the G5 was the last great smartphone from any manufacturer... Keep mine safe in an otter box 👍

    • @lordeilluminati
      @lordeilluminati Před rokem

      Yes, many of the same models you have of a certain smartphone there is the exact same on other part of the world with radio built in. People say: "oh, streaming is so much better, you can choose!" But streaming services are not good if you dont know exactly what to listen to (paralysis choice is "awesome" if you are driving!) and radio is widely used to cover news if a disaster happens, because radio have a really high travel distance compared to 4G and especially 5G

  • @rickseiden1
    @rickseiden1 Před 3 lety +115

    The HP Ink service sends you ink cartridges before you need them so you always have them on hand. But if you decide to terminate the service, the full, unopened cartridges you have will not work. You could have a full set of cartridges you've paid for, run out of ink, and have to go to the store and pay for more ink. And there's no way (that I know of) to tell them to stop sending you new ink so you can start using store bought ink and get out of the service.

    • @MrMarcetLP
      @MrMarcetLP Před 3 lety +30

      hp is such a scam

    • @KYSMO
      @KYSMO Před 3 lety +15

      That's fucking horrible!

    • @Aaptronym
      @Aaptronym Před 3 lety +9

      The service is called HP+, formerly HP instant ink, and you can cancel at any time. Newer HP+ printers allow you to use the cartridges they send you even if you cancel your subscription, so long as you had a valid subscription. They only charge you $4.99 per month for 100 prints and they send you full cartridges each time you need them, so you can't really complain when you cancel halfway during the month; you only paid 5 bucks.

    • @Chopper153
      @Chopper153 Před 3 lety +40

      @@Aaptronym The HP shill is here to preach.

    • @TheGuyThatEveryoneIgnores
      @TheGuyThatEveryoneIgnores Před 3 lety +25

      Hewlett Packard sucks!
      My HP all-in-one inkjet printer was purposely engineered to turn into a useless brick if it detects a low ink level in either one of its $40+ ink cartridges. I have vowed never to buy any HP engineered crap ever again. I replaced my HP printer with a laser printer from another brand. The only thing my HP printer would be good for now is re-enacting that scene from the movie Office Space.

  • @FlyboyHelosim
    @FlyboyHelosim Před 3 lety +5

    This is the problem with everything going digital and being part of the "Internet of Things".

    • @waled7564
      @waled7564 Před 3 lety +2

      Make things going digital is the worst thing for mankind because if the internet cut off even for one hour every thing will stop and world will lose millions

    • @FlyboyHelosim
      @FlyboyHelosim Před 3 lety +4

      @@waled7564 Indeed. The over-reliance on external factors is a step backwards in my opinion. I much prefer wholly self-contained systems that were the norm years ago. If you bought it, you owned it. If you updated it, YOU updated it.

    • @majinnemesis
      @majinnemesis Před 3 lety +1

      @@waled7564 and that actually needs to happen in order for certain companies and customers to wake up and stop making bs or buying bs features

  • @jkengland832
    @jkengland832 Před 3 lety +48

    Printer: Low ink, consider buying a new one
    My boss: Meeeeh, don't worry, it'll still be good for half a year

  • @Tiwill0V2
    @Tiwill0V2 Před 3 lety +262

    "feature you buy but can't use" you mean like the anti-virus that dell included in the command even after you said you don't want it 5 times? xD

    • @superslimanoniem4712
      @superslimanoniem4712 Před 3 lety

      That was the warranry

    • @ameyaachivukula
      @ameyaachivukula Před 3 lety

      From what i have seen a lot of laptop companies provide antivirus by default with their laptops

    • @TheGuyThatEveryoneIgnores
      @TheGuyThatEveryoneIgnores Před 3 lety +12

      Antivirus software is actually a denial-of-service / resource hog virus in of itself.

    • @frozenturbo8623
      @frozenturbo8623 Před 2 lety

      The maker of the dell anti virus is named Bob as you know Bob put ram each other and use alot of thermal paste, throws cooler to put it in

    • @frozenturbo8623
      @frozenturbo8623 Před 2 lety

      @@ameyaachivukula we all know what it is, windows defender

  • @jeffwalker7185
    @jeffwalker7185 Před 3 lety +9

    I recall that some printer cartridges would have a chip counted the pages printed and, upon reaching the print volume designated for that cartridge, would cease to print any more copies. This would happen even if there was toner/ink remaining. You could even purchase over ride chips or devices that would reset the chip so you could continue printing.

  • @kz6fittycent
    @kz6fittycent Před 3 lety +138

    "You'll own nothing and you'll be happy" - from your friends at Davos.
    "You'll get less than what you pay for, and we'll be happy" - from your friendly neighborhood oligarch.

    • @Panther_420
      @Panther_420 Před 3 lety +6

      @Razer Von global warming is a myth

    • @Panther_420
      @Panther_420 Před 3 lety +1

      @@brandonhackney1394 not red pilled just the facts

    • @Panther_420
      @Panther_420 Před 3 lety

      @MikeProductions1000 it is very disputed quit listening to bull crap

    • @Ebalosus
      @Ebalosus Před 3 lety +4

      Rentier consumerism can kiss my ass. I like actually owning stuff, and not renting it off a company that can take it away for some asinine arbitrary reason.

    • @spaceboi231
      @spaceboi231 Před 3 lety

      @@Panther_420 Let me lay it out this way. Do you accept the fact that human activity *does* release lots and lots of carbon dioxide (www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions )? If so, good. Further, do you accept the fact that carbon dioxide has the so-called greenhouse effect (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_effect )? If so, good. Congratulations, you believe in human-caused global warming.

  • @edwardallenthree
    @edwardallenthree Před 3 lety +28

    When I was looking to buy a server a few decades ago, I don't remember the company (silicon graphics?), but all of their servers were quad processor servers, but you got the number of CPUs you paid for, and could upgrade the "license" later. Same with memory!

  • @MartianMoon
    @MartianMoon Před 3 lety +8

    If I had something like a BMW with pay-walled heated seats I would most certainly just hack it

  • @Mike__B
    @Mike__B Před 3 lety +25

    "The old days of taming wild beasts".... so like just hacking the software of your car to unlock the extra battery storage? Maybe have 2 configs flashed on there, the original and your modified, so when there's a "software update" you can flash back the original so it looks like it hasn't been tampered with, and then reenable your extra storage.

    • @raidev_
      @raidev_ Před 3 lety

      so now we'll have to treat our cars like game consoles?

    • @Mike__B
      @Mike__B Před 3 lety

      @@raidev_ Blame Tesla for giving the hardware, just having a software lock on it.
      And not to be unfairly picking on Tesla, other cars have put software limiters on certain features "for safety" in the past I believe.

  • @projectchannel8435
    @projectchannel8435 Před 3 lety +50

    2:14 hits close to home for me. up until like two days ago I was using an ink cartridge that had said it was low for the last four months, although still printed flawlessly. hell I used it longer while it said it was low than when it didn't lol. and I do virtual learning so I print anywhere from two to ten things a day

  • @Razear
    @Razear Před 3 lety +10

    I remember being surprised at how much more cost effective laser printers were after making the switch. The one I bought had a starter toner included which lasted me four years until I had to replace it and I was printing every day.

  • @kz03jd
    @kz03jd Před 3 lety +5

    Flir did this with a bunch of their thermal cameras. They all had the exact same image sensors and screens, just the firmware was different. A bunch of owners figured this out and turned their $1,200 thermal camera into a $8,000 one!

  • @DissociatedWomenIncorporated

    I’ve got a minidisc Walkman that, after changing a couple bytes in its firmware, now thinks it’s a higher end model and has a bunch of extra features. That’s apparently very common in music playback equipment.

  • @JoeCensored
    @JoeCensored Před 3 lety +16

    Yeah I had the tri-core unlocked to quad. Was just a bios setting at the time.

  • @MinistryOfMagic_DoM
    @MinistryOfMagic_DoM Před 3 lety +85

    Ink problems? Get a laser printer. It's literally the best thing to get ever if you ever print at home, even if you wait months between prints.

    • @ameyaachivukula
      @ameyaachivukula Před 3 lety +2

      What are the benefits of laser over ink?

    • @lefteriseleftheriades7381
      @lefteriseleftheriades7381 Před 3 lety +22

      @@ameyaachivukula laser cartridges last for longer periods, and more prints. however the resolution is typicaly 300dpi

    • @FlyboyHelosim
      @FlyboyHelosim Před 3 lety +22

      I always thought that laser printers literally burned into the paper so required no consumable parts. 😂

    • @rfzw
      @rfzw Před 3 lety +39

      @@lefteriseleftheriades7381 300 dpi? How ancient is your printer? From the 80's and early 90's? All modern laser printers are at least 600 dpi, and many are 1200 dpi.
      Inkjet printers spray liquid ink onto the paper, and if you don't use it for a long time, the ink can dry out and clog the printhead, so you need to replace the cartridge even if there's ink inside. Laser printers melt dry powder onto the paper, so you don't have the same issue.

    • @megamanx466
      @megamanx466 Před 3 lety +3

      @@rfzw ...But cost way more? Decisions decisions. 🤔

  • @ehiebert1297
    @ehiebert1297 Před 3 lety +4

    Worked on a machine during the 90's and the company had to pay for features to be unlocked. We only need one of the many features that could be unlocked, but since we wanted the most high end feature, we had to pay for all the features that where just software upgrades, at $5000 per upgrade. I think there was 5 total. Software upgrade for cash is not new, it's just everyone is now doing it.

  • @Psi105
    @Psi105 Před 3 lety +2

    Also happens on thermal cameras. The Flir E4 and FLir E8 have the same high resolution sensor but they software cripple the E4 to a much lower resolution. E4 costs $1000 while E8 costs $3000. Thankfully you can hack an E4 to be an E8 if you know what you're doing.

  • @justsomeperson5110
    @justsomeperson5110 Před 3 lety +7

    The thing about microtransaction seat warmers is ... the heating elements are still there. How hard would it really be to just rewire the heating elements to your own thermostat over a separate power lead?

    • @RAFMnBgaming
      @RAFMnBgaming Před 3 lety +1

      Probably very easy. Hell, you could probably just install custom firmware and get all the features that way. I'm guessing it'll void the warranty but then again if you're hard/softmodding your car, you're probably technically engaged enough that most common damage that isn't covered by 3rd party insurance is probably gonna be stuff you're going to try to fix yourself.

    • @24680kong
      @24680kong Před 2 lety

      It would break your warranty, meaning when your tesla hits a policecar, they can legally say they weren't at fault because you messed with the car.

    • @pixelfairy
      @pixelfairy Před rokem

      Or make a heated seat cover and power source disconnected from any car electronics. Keep your warranty. Some newer cars have standard power outlets, like the RAV4 primes 1500watt socket in the back. Plenty of power for a seat warmer.

  • @BobSentell
    @BobSentell Před 3 lety +37

    *working on unlocking a core on my wild steed so I can go buy some more ink for my printer*

  • @GRBtutorials
    @GRBtutorials Před 3 lety +8

    I can see that “subscription” nonsense (I mean, if it was a single payment at a reasonable price, I *might* be convinced, but a subscription that will most likely cost more than the feature on the long term, nope) backfiring on auto makers kilometers away. I’ll be waiting for the first car jailbreak.

    • @mayhair
      @mayhair Před 3 lety

      @Techquíckie fake

  • @hateeternalmaver
    @hateeternalmaver Před 3 lety +6

    All in on jailbroken heat-seats! =D

  • @Simon-ph1nf
    @Simon-ph1nf Před 3 lety +28

    1:15 Did I hit the Italian translation? hand gestures too :)

    • @MNewton
      @MNewton Před 3 lety

      I thought he was about give me an offer i was unable to refuse....

    • @larsjj2794
      @larsjj2794 Před 3 lety

      More like New York Italian :P

  • @kirathekillernote2173
    @kirathekillernote2173 Před 3 lety +4

    Why can't be there a one time pay fixed feature pack which will cover cost of all the features I want & leave them enabled ? And people who don't want it can get cheaper product on the first purchase but get them unlocked later ?

    • @alexanderschluter1864
      @alexanderschluter1864 Před 3 lety

      Yeah, it is a bit similar to microtransactions in an app and I don't like the direction this is going.

    • @kirathekillernote2173
      @kirathekillernote2173 Před 3 lety +4

      @@alexanderschluter1864 I see the biggest problem with this seemingly efficient solution is we need corpos to act in good faith. But if history is any proof, we know they will squeeze every ounce from customers no matter how shitty their product can be. And we already know capitalism has killed free marker, right?

  • @ezra3871
    @ezra3871 Před 3 lety +17

    I flashed a newer rom on my calculator, turns out it had more memory/space for larger programs.

    • @IvanOoze1990
      @IvanOoze1990 Před 3 lety +3

      @Techquíckie You're a fraud and I reported you for impersonation and you should be gone by tomorrow. Bye Felicia

    • @computernerdinside
      @computernerdinside Před 3 lety

      @@IvanOoze1990 Lemme guess, another fake "invest in" watever bs?

  • @onepunchman4481
    @onepunchman4481 Před 3 lety +3

    I work for a printer company and planned obsolescence is a real thing made to continue squeezing money out of customers. Try disabling the setting to get the most out of your parts.

  • @Donnerwamp
    @Donnerwamp Před 3 lety +4

    To be honest, I'm a big fan of cars having all stuff installed on the hardware level and disabled by software. Sooner or later somebody will find a way to unlock this stuff for free and now your low-spec car is sudently the highest tier version of this car.

    • @seancolman9091
      @seancolman9091 Před rokem

      You pay the extra for them to warrant it is a good idea.

  • @reganbond61
    @reganbond61 Před 3 lety +2

    Honestly, if I ever have to pay a subscription for AC, I’m fucking hacking my car.

    • @SFSAtlas
      @SFSAtlas Před 2 lety

      Considering there are cars with android you can literally root your car

  • @lasarith2
    @lasarith2 Před 3 lety +5

    This is why I bought a Epson echo tank , 1300+ odd pages only used 60% of the first bottles they give you .

  • @timgravierjr.4241
    @timgravierjr.4241 Před 3 lety +2

    The Dell Streak 5 android smart phone had an integrated FM radio for which Dell never created an app. A third party app from HTC would do the trick, but it was buggy. Later updates to the Streak removed the device driver, preventing its use. Not that an FM radio in a phone is terribly useful these days, but in the late 2000's, it was a pretty cool idea.

  • @jordansime6684
    @jordansime6684 Před 3 lety +3

    Reminds me of my S8... my particular model had an FM receiver that was locked out from being used... really sucked when I was out at camp without cell service, power, or internet.

  • @SoCalStyles
    @SoCalStyles Před 3 lety +8

    It's like you forgot about 'classic' cars... or how you can repair them and there are available parts for aftermarket.

    • @gwgux
      @gwgux Před 3 lety +7

      I was thinking the same thing...Classic cars were really built to last and many are far more stylish than the generic same shaped new cars on display at the dealership.

  • @kanishkachakraborty
    @kanishkachakraborty Před 3 lety +4

    THANK YOU for talking about anti-consumer trends in the market. Maybe this video will spread awareness about how ne need to demand OWNERSHIP of the stuff we buy.

  • @Rajorsi
    @Rajorsi Před 3 lety +2

    Previously most Motorola smartphones came with a led notification light, however, it was kept disabled through software. Installing a custom kernel and Rom enabled the led notification light.

  • @GreyBlackWolf
    @GreyBlackWolf Před 3 lety +2

    Heck, the Galaxy Note 8 actually had side sensors. You could squeeze the phone to activate certain things but. There was nothing. No hint of them except in sensor testing apps that pick them up.

    • @lordeilluminati
      @lordeilluminati Před rokem

      Many Samsung phones have it, my A52 and my previous S9 have it as well. The only thing that use this feature is the hidden hardware tester

  • @srikanthramanan
    @srikanthramanan Před 3 lety +24

    Hi Techquickie Team, Please do a video on CPU node backporting, its challenges and pros & cons. Intel Rocket Lake is a backport of 10 nm Sunny Cove architecture on to their 14 nm node.

    • @michalpbielawski
      @michalpbielawski Před 3 lety +2

      There's not much to talk about. This whole "backport" thing boils down to "we designed this chip for 10nm process, but our hardware divison couldn't make it work, so we're trying the same desing using our old process. Oh, shit, it gets got as hell, so we have to cut down on cores"

    • @doctordothraki4378
      @doctordothraki4378 Před 3 lety

      Michał Bielawski which means it can easily fit in a Techquickie video

  • @fuijika
    @fuijika Před 3 lety +4

    When it comes to car features I am sure some people will hack them to activate them for free. I mean a heated seat is not overly complicated, probably just need to know what signal it needs to be active and bypass the ECU to send the active signal permanently.

    • @holocaust_2.0
      @holocaust_2.0 Před 3 lety +1

      Time to invest in aftermarket ECU's. To be honest, you don't need to hack anything. You just need to rig a wire to a switch, add some voltage regulator, and turn it on and off whenever you feel like it. If there is an end circuit that checks whether or not you are paying for the seat heaters, you can just remove it.

    • @fuijika
      @fuijika Před 3 lety +2

      @@holocaust_2.0 I would still consider that a hack, no rules says a hack needs to be software based.

    • @CheapBastard1988
      @CheapBastard1988 Před 3 lety

      @@holocaust_2.0 There's usually lots of aftermarket software for ECU's. Make your car faster, use less fuel and worsen emissions while you're at it.

  • @JonRowlison
    @JonRowlison Před 3 lety +1

    I purchased an HP color laser jet printer about 4 years ago. We don't print a TON, but it gets regular use. After the first year, the printer said all of the toners were low and several months later I did have to put in a new black toner cartridge. The cyan, magenta, and yellow carts, however have claimed to be "low" (and show up as 5% full) for the past three years but all work just fine.

  • @Rompack
    @Rompack Před 2 lety +2

    Riley is just the man of great humor.

  • @LENZ5369
    @LENZ5369 Před 3 lety +3

    In the car (especially Tesla) examples; you would still be carrying the extra weight -which means you would be taking a hit to energy efficiency/economy and general performance (acceleration/braking/etc.) for nothing.
    And then there's the waste and environmental harm for the production of things that are unneeded/unused.

  • @mihalydozsa2254
    @mihalydozsa2254 Před 3 lety +32

    Can't wait for the time when you can buy your car just to be able to rent it :D

    • @mashy712
      @mashy712 Před 3 lety +7

      Planned obsolescence is already a thing in cars.

    • @mihalydozsa2254
      @mihalydozsa2254 Před 3 lety +3

      @@mashy712 And in everything else. It makes sense, if they don't have to make it modular to be able to change things around it is easy to make it harder to repair.

    • @hellfrost333
      @hellfrost333 Před 3 lety

      Goblin Economics

    • @IvanOoze1990
      @IvanOoze1990 Před 3 lety +1

      @@hellfrost333 Time is money friend

    • @mihalydozsa2254
      @mihalydozsa2254 Před 3 lety

      @Waldel Martell I agree, but i'm affraid of times when we have no choice. There are less and less places where you can use old cars or get new parts for them. And we are going to a time when you can't buy it for less, and can't fix your stuff. I can hardly imagine any good reason to create 30 slightly different version of the same part for cars, sometimes just in size a few mm just to not fit in the same place or a few pins, same power output and data transfer, or simply just a firmware switch with the same components, just to avoid cross compatibility. And be able to sell the same thing same quality just with different letters for more. Not like the turned off cores in cheaper CPUs. Because than at least the housing would be the same, to be able to just put it in cheaper cars where the function is is not needed, but it is not compatible, and if it is once got put together can't change anything. And why hiding everything away even if it making the manufacturing process more complicated, just to not be able to change it your self. How is it going to be cheaper for anyone? If they would really wanted to make it cheaper they would make everything compatible and easy access and repair. Instead we throw away anythind slightly faulty. And do we need to create this many cars, when we don't know the demand, and if they can't sell just let it rotting away in huge yards before it get crushed. They yust figured out that people can't track their micro transactions ant they can benefit more even if they are selling everything with every car. When you pay for something because a road trip or weather condition, because it is "just" x much and jour trip takes longer or the weather stays bad and you have to pay "just" one more time. Compare it to when you buy the car with that function and you can use it any time (for example AC or heated window). Not mentioning the change of therms of conditions, system errors, prica changes. And if it brakes you have to go to the dealer and pay full price for service and replacement. If you try to repair it they shut down your car that you payed for because it is unsafe for you to plug in a one way connector. It is already happening, just look at Tesla (i also lowe the idea of it, but not the buisness policy, not like i ever going to have any problem with them, i never going to have enough money for anything they sell :-D but if others are following it...). And if you went to service, than now you can pay to use a part, that you already purchased twice, and who knows how many times during it's life span. Sorry unfortunetelly i can't see how it is going to be cheaper :-)

  • @somnorila9913
    @somnorila9913 Před 3 lety +2

    Regarding the chip difference example i think "you missed a spot". As manufacturers have a high probability of success otherwise it would not really be feasible, some parts are intentionally shut down even if the chips are in perfectly working condition in order to artificially create different product tiers. Pretty much as how games are launched nowadays with the 60$ for the base game but can go over 100$ for the gold edition or whatever that has other content available to the player, but it's not something that it wasn't already build in.

  • @froggoboom
    @froggoboom Před 3 lety +14

    please make a LTT video testing unlocked cores!🥺

    • @KYSMO
      @KYSMO Před 3 lety +1

      With modern Intel's, that's impossible. The closes thing similar to that is flashing a newer bios to an older AMD GPU.

    • @IvanOoze1990
      @IvanOoze1990 Před 3 lety

      @@KYSMO CPU* and it was a setting in the "motherboards" bios.

    • @frozenturbo8623
      @frozenturbo8623 Před 3 lety

      Before intel removed undervolting you could

  • @zarrowivyson4590
    @zarrowivyson4590 Před 3 lety +7

    The title of this video got me so excited... I was not disappointed

  • @OzSteve9801
    @OzSteve9801 Před 3 lety +5

    Some Canon printers had the "feature" that they would only print a certain number of pages and then just stop working completely. Others would tell you that the ink residue pad was full and it could no longer print. These "features" seem to have gone but I'm waiting to see what the next "feature" will be.

    • @gamingwithxan1430
      @gamingwithxan1430 Před rokem

      It's all in ink tank models from all major brands. Including currently lesser eveil epson & brother.

  • @bulutcagdas1071
    @bulutcagdas1071 Před 3 lety +2

    What next, people wait for scene groups to crack Denuvo on their car's seat heating?

  • @uthmanbaksh3530
    @uthmanbaksh3530 Před 3 lety +2

    Me: Can I please print this black and white document, please, the paper is due tomorrow!
    Inkjet printer: Haha Nope! I need more CYAN!

  • @ericromano8078
    @ericromano8078 Před 3 lety +8

    Y'all should do a video on soldering things. But maybe not in an attempt to unlock extra cores.

  • @TheSquigy
    @TheSquigy Před 3 lety +8

    The printer ink problem exists in the pharmaceutical industry too with blood glucose monitors. The device is cheap the strips are crazy

    • @thabg007
      @thabg007 Před 3 lety

      thats why i switched to a laser printer, higher cost than an ink jet, but i bought this printer in 2016, still on the same toner with 30 percent remaining for all 4 toner cartridge's, unlike ink that dries up then has to be replaced, toner is already a dry powder. 1 inkjet printer i had, if i was out of cyan, the stupid printer wouldnt let me print even if it was just black (& white (the paper))

    • @Verdigo76
      @Verdigo76 Před 3 lety

      It's not a problem in the way that you think it is. Or the way that this video portrays it and correctly. Inkjet printers have print heads that wear out and need to be replaced. Rather than build a printer that's expensive and requires the user to service a part they build the print heads into the inkjet cartridges themselves which get replaced often. This way they can build cheaper print heads that don't last very long and need replacing as often as the cartridge would.

    • @AnonymousYoutuber69
      @AnonymousYoutuber69 Před 3 lety

      In England they give the devices to doctors to hand out for free and then the doctors prescribe the expensive strips.

    • @Buglin_Burger7878
      @Buglin_Burger7878 Před 3 lety

      @@Verdigo76 "Rather than build a printer that's expensive and requires the user to service a part"
      You say as the user services THAT SAME PART MORE OFTEN BUT IS TIED TO THEIR INK meaning not only do they have 2 potential ways for it to break/run out early wasting consumer's money but also wasting company time and money.
      It is an absolute problem.

  • @aqueousdog
    @aqueousdog Před 3 lety +1

    car jailbreaking is gonna blow up if cars become real-life DLC

  • @nikm5628
    @nikm5628 Před 3 lety +1

    One of the most common ones I've seen... Fm radio in phones, but no fm app. Some apps can make the built in radio work, but not always

  • @dycedargselderbrother5353

    4:12 Drop never ceases to disappoint. They had to have a thick, unbending USB cable protrude from the edge? They couldn't have built a channel into the underside? Even cheap OEM keyboards include routing channels. I'd rather have that than a detachable cord at any cost.

  • @pekuja
    @pekuja Před 3 lety +3

    01:40 A Crysis of Conscience you say? 🤔

  • @bacintom
    @bacintom Před 3 lety +1

    Last month I bought a refillable printer (an epson ecotank) and so far I'm really happy about it, feels like freedom when you don't have to worry too much about the price of ink. I'm using the printer much more than I would before.

  • @theoneyoudontsee8315
    @theoneyoudontsee8315 Před 3 lety +2

    sometimes the disabled cores are cut from power delivery so you just cant turn them on. now if you could it would be neat to turn them on and just cut the clock speed by core or disable turbo/boost by core for stability.

  • @FuncleChuck
    @FuncleChuck Před 3 lety +4

    Some iPhones have an FM radio. Can’t use it tho!

    • @bilateralrope8643
      @bilateralrope8643 Před 3 lety

      Which iPhones ?
      I'm going to guess it was the ones without headphone jacks.

    • @FuncleChuck
      @FuncleChuck Před 3 lety

      @@bilateralrope8643 nah it was the old ones

  • @DJLoaded
    @DJLoaded Před 3 lety +49

    It's like with the Switch, ya buy the console, ya pay for the internet but still have to pay for a subscription to play online.

    • @hunterbear2421
      @hunterbear2421 Před 3 lety +5

      if bmw does paying for heaters and it works out and all the car companys start doing it older cars will become a luxtory because you would only had to pay for gasoline and maintence

    • @bennoboy97
      @bennoboy97 Před 3 lety +10

      You mean like every other console?

    • @korotoawo
      @korotoawo Před 3 lety +1

      I mean, nintendo are the cheapest, and the company that waited the longest to publish this feature though...

    • @CasepbX
      @CasepbX Před 3 lety +1

      @@korotoawo
      LOL right? Funny of them to point out the Switch only.

    • @tjmarx
      @tjmarx Před 3 lety +2

      You're not paying console makers to access "the internet" you're paying them to access the servers that host the games, servers that cost money to run.
      It's like complaining you have to pay a monthly fee to access the internet because you brought a gateway so why can't you just use it... They have costs too.

  • @innteku
    @innteku Před 3 lety +2

    Video suggestion? Maybe a video about all the microphone settings like de-esser, compressor, limiter, expander, gate, pass filter etc.. those are pretty confusing
    I really liked the videos about all the graphics settings :)

  • @Aelfraed26
    @Aelfraed26 Před 3 lety +3

    What about Hyper Threading? Is it disabled at a hardware level as well?

  • @RobertFJr
    @RobertFJr Před 3 lety +2

    I knew the micro-transactions would happen eventually with cars. With how much they control electronically they could force you to pay extra for just about anything.

  • @magusxxx
    @magusxxx Před 3 lety +2

    The chip thing reminds me of the old 5.25 floppy disks. They would test both sides of the disk. If both passed then they sold them as double sided for more money. Ones that didn't were single sided. We used to take a hold puncher and put a notch in the right spot so the computer could use both sides. I can honestly say not once did a self made double sided disk ever fail me.

  • @StRoRo
    @StRoRo Před 3 lety +3

    The same was done with 386 and 486 dx/so chips. If you was lucky you could set up a sx as a dx

  • @The-Question-Master
    @The-Question-Master Před 2 lety +2

    2:52 Imagine having to jailbreak your car's OS just to get heated seats.

  • @CarthagoMike
    @CarthagoMike Před 3 lety +5

    Like the Dell computer you get when you order a warranty from them?

  • @MarinelliBrosPodcast
    @MarinelliBrosPodcast Před 3 lety +10

    Man: Buy this printer. Trust me, I look like Trudeau.
    Me: All the more reason to distrust you.

  • @ignacybalicki8334
    @ignacybalicki8334 Před 3 lety

    I love the fact that these videos are short. Everything is clear and explained properly. Don't have to watch for 10 minutes

  • @KESDtv
    @KESDtv Před 3 lety +1

    In the case of Tesla, it was to get around the problem of eligibility for EV credit. Model 3 SR was over the price of eligibility so they came out with a software limited range to sell the car at cheaper price (to make it eligible for credit) and then sell the normal range as an after sale upgrade.

  • @biscoitom
    @biscoitom Před 3 lety +24

    I say this every time, but I'll say it again: Riley is a precious gem and an incredible addition to LMG.

  • @theaveragescienceguy8652
    @theaveragescienceguy8652 Před 3 lety +3

    You forgot to mention GPU .., you can pay full price for 3060 v2 but you can’t mine

  • @junipeayt
    @junipeayt Před 3 lety +1

    Therapist: Italian Riley isn't real, he can't hurt you
    Italian Riley: 1:20

  • @MrMegaManFan
    @MrMegaManFan Před rokem +1

    That’s what jailbreaking is for. You can get the features you want on your consoles and handhelds whether the manufacturer wants you to have them or not.

  • @Richie016
    @Richie016 Před 3 lety +4

    Awesome presentation, great info.

    • @Verdigo76
      @Verdigo76 Před 3 lety

      Except that it contains wrong information. Print heads are the most expensive part of printer except that they are not in the printer at all. Print heads wear out and need to be replaced often. Rather than build a printer that requires a user to service a part and be more expensive they put the print heads in the inkjet cartridge itself so that it gets replaced along with the ink and is a much easier process. The rest of the parts in a printer are inexpensive so if they break you can just get another printer and the manufacturer doesn't have to sell replacement parts. If you don't like this arrangement then you can always shell out the $$$ for a laser printer and experience what it's like the other way

    • @cybercery5271
      @cybercery5271 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Verdigo76 printer = 34 USD
      Ink= 56 USD
      Yes, clearly 34>56

  • @MohsinExperiments
    @MohsinExperiments Před 3 lety +5

    I have noticed this in laptop batteries. They have put condition in their controller board IC that it stops charging the battery after certain amount of battery health. Even though the lithium ion cells in your battery can still be charged and give you more than 1 hour backup.
    It just gives you the error "Connected But Not Charging".

    • @sobhaks7231
      @sobhaks7231 Před 3 lety +2

      Maybe that's there to improve battery health

    • @MohsinExperiments
      @MohsinExperiments Před 3 lety +1

      @@sobhaks7231 what I will do with a healthy battery that stops charging to reserve it's health?

    • @guillaumecourtens9594
      @guillaumecourtens9594 Před 3 lety

      It’s designed to keep battery healthy on laptops that are always connected to power. It should help on the long run.
      On my 2 Lenovo laptops I have the option to activate that mode or not.

    • @MohsinExperiments
      @MohsinExperiments Před 3 lety +1

      @@guillaumecourtens9594 No, you didn't got my point. The thing you are talking about is called max charging limit. I have set my laptop to 88 percent. It stops charging at 88%.
      But I was trying to say that when your battery's health is poor it stops charging at all. Even though it can still be used for some extra months but you have to buy a new battery quickly when your old battery do not charge at all.

  • @danielb270
    @danielb270 Před 2 lety

    Companies often dispute “but I paid full price for the hardware, why do I have to pay for the feature?”; they claim that in those cases you paid for around 30-50% of the hardware related to the feature. And paid subscription or extra payments are there to cover the difference plus cover those who don’t buy it. (tldr, you have not paid for the hardware, but when you do, you pay more)

  • @rylyguy
    @rylyguy Před 3 lety +1

    When he said “speaking of taming wild beasts” I expected a manscaped ad.

  • @redioriginals
    @redioriginals Před 3 lety +3

    So true.

  • @jimshannononsounds
    @jimshannononsounds Před 3 lety +3

    JT would make a great sales person selling printers once he's done politics.

  • @InvinsableNoob
    @InvinsableNoob Před 3 lety +1

    Video ideas
    1. Evolution of the ball mice
    2. Evolution of the computer screen
    3. The pros and cons of each type of keyboards
    4. Why Madison is so feisty in full detail

  • @SilverAura
    @SilverAura Před rokem +1

    What blows my mind is that part of the point in streamlining the manufacturing process is to reduce costs which can be passed to consumers. Until it's too efficient. Damage it a little.

  • @markasbrownie9965
    @markasbrownie9965 Před 3 lety +3

    Seriously, what happened to just buying stuff and owning it forever?

  • @DigitalHabit
    @DigitalHabit Před 3 lety +9

    Or you know, just buy a new printer for half the price of the ink refill and it comes with ink too, responsibly recycle your old printer and bam, you saved a buck

    • @davecatlett1255
      @davecatlett1255 Před 3 lety +3

      Because most new printers only come with "starter" ink cartridges... i.e only half full!!

    • @fatman8303
      @fatman8303 Před 3 lety +2

      Why not buy a laser or led focused printer instead? Instead of having to recycle the printer and the ink cartidgre every time, you just need to buy the powdered ink. Yeah it's more expensive short term, but in the long run you'll be saving both money and the environment.

    • @spaceycakey1987
      @spaceycakey1987 Před 3 lety +3

      or everyone dont responsibly recycle then governments legislate on the company's bad practices as printers start filling landfills

    • @indian-tech-support
      @indian-tech-support Před 3 lety

      Get a Epson refillable tank

  • @EdWensell
    @EdWensell Před 3 lety +1

    This goes way back.
    This was (is?) IBMs operating model for some enterprise systems. IBM used to have a "computing on demand" offering. IBM would lease a system to a company, and the company would receive a fully loaded version of that model. Only the resources agreed to in the in the lease were active. If the company needed additional CPU/Memory/Disk, temporarily or permanently, they called up IBM, paid the money, and IBM would remotely enable the entitled resources. Or the lease may include predetermined times of increased resources, such as in retail which requires increased transaction processing capability during the holidays. Eventually someone had the bright idea that those unused resources could be used by other customers. So now we have "the Cloud" which is the same leasing concept, but instead of sending the computer to physically reside in a single company's building sitting there with unused resources, IBM (or Microsoft or Amazon or whoever) keeps the computers in their own data center and leases that one computer to multiple clients keeping all the resources busy.
    There was also the Athlon/Duron pencil trick, but I do not remember if that was due to crippling of the CPU or if that was an intentional "feature" for over clockers.
    There were also stories of the 486SX vs. DX, but not going to repeat because I'm not sure if they were ever proven/verified.

  • @Piketom1
    @Piketom1 Před 3 lety

    2:30 I was talking to the technical support person about the low toner warning on the laser jets we have in our office. While we keep extra cartridges on hand, the support person told me that when the low toner warning comes on, we really have about 20% remaining.