One of those links was me mentioning it, and this got so under my skin it took Wacom's brand from "premium, respectable, best in class" to "untrustworthy, garbage, barrel scraping, avoid even if the alternatives function less well" in my head just instantly. Like Lenovo's "let's ship spyware with Thinkpads" did.
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22247292 (this article, earlier thread)
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22803484 (comment by the author of the article)
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22512696
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27963867
One of those links was me mentioning it, and this got so under my skin it took Wacom's brand from "premium, respectable, best in class" to "untrustworthy, garbage, barrel scraping, avoid even if the alternatives function less well" in my head just instantly. Like Lenovo's "let's ship spyware with Thinkpads" did.