Comment by KennyBlanken
2 years ago
"Oops we didn't mean to do that" isn't a defense from liability for product not doing what you told the purchaser it would.
It's their responsibility to do develop the product correctly, do QA, and if a defect is found, advise customers or stop selling the defective goods.
The greatest scam the computer industry pulled was convincing people that computers are magical, unpredictable devices that are too complex for the industry to be held responsible for things not working as claimed.
To be fair, I’m not even sure if the majority of consumers would prefer a “power outage safe” SSD that is however significantly slower over the alternative.
I do agree that there should be transparency, though: Label it “turbo mode”, add a big warning sticker (and ideally a way to opt out of it via software or hardware), but don’t just pretend to be able to have the cake and eat it too.