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[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 78 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Ah, misleading use of terminology that indicates one thing, but will win in court even if it actually means, or can later be said to mean, another.

I hope those involved in helping companies win these lawsuits choke on bones from food sold as boneless. Because that won a court case after "boneless" was redefined as a cooking method.

I don't want them to choke to death. Just a little lesson, you know?

[–] forrgott@lemm.ee 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I vote they choke indefinitely. But not to death; I want them to die of old age, spending decade upon decade choking endlessly.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I work in pro AV and so many companies do this. Wow, you say LOSSLESS video on a valens chip? Oh, you've never actually done a side-by-side conparison, have you..

Extron differentiates between lossless and "visually lossless" which I appreciate.

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Transparent or indistinguishable lossy compression are other common terms

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I'm perfectly OK with those, too.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I remember when unlimited minutes plans for cell phones meant 300 minutes.

Or when Comcast had unlimited downloads which was capped at 2 TB.

These shitty companies know exactly what they are doing.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 week ago

I had an "unlimited" plan with a cell company - I took them at their word and downloaded gobs of stuff. Got shut down in a week.

[–] seang96@spgrn.com 6 points 1 week ago

Of course it's Ohio!

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Just a little to death.