There’s one problem that plagues every foldable smartphone, and the Pixel 9 Pro Fold perfectly encapsulates what that problem is.

  • Juniper (she/her) 🫐
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    11 days ago

    …feeling very justified in my decision to pay $700 for the name brand automated litter machine

    • Snot Flickerman
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      11 days ago

      Sometimes, paying more really does result in a higher quality product. It’s a shame that it’s not as often as it used to be.

      Established products tend to be safer, for sure.

      • @nehal3m
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        You’re right, that works sometimes, until manufacturers get wise and just charge the quality price for a piece of shit. For one-off, niche market things the majority of consumers has no way of knowing which one is a quality product that will do it’s job for a long time and will fail gracefully, and which one is a dangerous time bomb. By the time you find out the money has already paid for some executive’s third gold bath tub.

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          That is why I said “tend to be.” In a lot of cases, that’s simply not true, especially for some legacy companies like General Electric who have gone through decades of stock buybacks.

    • @[email protected]
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      311 days ago

      Guessing it’s the Litter Robot? We’ve got one as well. Our youngest cat constantly tries to play in it while it’s doing a cycle