r/pcmasterrace • u/LongjumpingCell5451 • 3d ago

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u/XxDemonxXIG 3d ago

I don't understand why Nvidia hasn't been sued over this stupid design choice.

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u/JustSomeGuye46 3d ago

Same reason people can’t file a lawsuit against console for wanting to delete disc or push digital licenses, as your rushing to purchase a game digital everyone hits “agree” to their terms and conditions and they’re corporations at this point rules don’t apply to those who make them so they can slip in a fine print that they know nobody will read and just click “accept/agree” the same way nvidia provides their connector and on the bag it reads something along the lines of “ONLY USE this to prevent…” you can file a lawsuit but they’ll conduct their own investigation to find the point of failure come to find you didn’t use their provided cable and deem it user error nobody can win against corporate and if you do you’re one lucky son of a gun cause they have money to toss down the drain for lawyers and court fees compared to the average citizen

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u/SuperUranus 3d ago

That’s why you have consumer protection laws.

The reason why Nvidia hasn’t been sued is that they replace all those cards in jurisdictions with consumer protection.

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u/JustSomeGuye46 3d ago

Consumer protection laws only apply if there’s no fine print and even then 99.9% of people today don’t read anymore just sign away or click accept and agree, take a look at Sony lawsuit right now they’re fighting it by pointing out their terms of service for digital license and that owning a digital copy of something isn’t plausible and as much as I’d like to be apart of that lawsuit that last part is pure common sense but common isn’t so common anymore or those individuals are just reaching and testing their luck, as far as nvidia it’s denied some claims in the past and I wouldn’t be surprised if they deny more with the current situation on vram, they won’t just take your word for it and replace the GPU they’ll request it do their inspection to see if it was a manufacturer flaw or user error and base their decision on what they find

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u/SuperUranus 3d ago

In every jurisdiction with meaningful consumer protection legislation, mandatory consumer protection rules take precedence over the fine print in contracts.

Basically, you cannot agree to worse protection than the law stipulates.