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[–] 36 points 4 months ago (13 children)

Someone pointed this out in another thread, and I think it's worth repeating: dbrand has a history of doing this and has had the same thing happen before when they produced unlicensed faceplates for the PS5.

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    I feel like the thing with the PS5 faceplates was bs. They're just solid colour plastic. But the companion cube one I can understand, as that it was using the design of a "character"(?) that Valve owns without permission

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I don't know a thing about IP laws, so I can't judge what shape of plastic is required to provide a basis for an IP rights violation. The reason I linked this was that I would take this entire story with a huge grain of salt, considering this company did this before and has apparently not learned all that much from that experience.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago (8 children)

    In April 2024, an Indian-origin customer named Bhuwan Chitransh complained about a defective MacBook skin on Twitter. Dbrand responded by mocking his surname with the tweet: "Your last name is basically shit rash, be serious." [...] CEO Adam Ijaz acknowledged the remark as a "severe lapse in judgment"

    Holy shit that's an understatement!

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    My guess would be that it also involved more than a little bit of alcohol.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (4 children)

    Absolutely, but it still feels like there is booze involved.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Booze helps it slip out. At least in a there was no catch for this kind of racism.

    The catch is like us learning our inherent biases and growing from it. I just don't have a better term for it

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    What you are describing requires a bit of introspection that many racists don't seem to be capable of.

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