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[–] dingleberry@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I bought an Asus Vivobook (M7400Q) last year. It sells with two variants, Intel and AMD. I obviously chose AMD...only to realise that the thunderbolt port on it has been crippled, not allowing USB-C charging.

Why? Because Intel paid ASUS to do so. So yeah, fuck Intel and fuck ASUS. And finally, the real kicker? ASUS discontinued the model, so I can't buy a new charger for it either (which I needed for the office).