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HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs (arstechnica.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 83 points 11 months ago (7 children)

Let me get this straight - people buy a product advertised as having a feature, containing a part also advertised as having that feature, and then they disable it after purchase?

How is that legal?

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  • [–] 90 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Americans have no consumer protections.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Why would they when capitalists are more important than the consumers.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Line must go up, even if it’s a lie.

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  • [–] 21 points 11 months ago

    No, they disable it before purchase, existing laptops still have the feature. Only the newer ones so they won't have to pay the royalties from next year. But still an anti consumer move as nobody will notice until it's too late for a refund. Normal people will never understand why their $200 phone can smoothly play h265 videos while their $1500 laptop is struggling with that. Everyone will assume that because hardware support is included in the cheapest processors from even a decade ago, it will still be present in the latest and greatest laptops from hp

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