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What is a product that you won’t accept a generic alternative for? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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For example, if you insist on buying Advil instead of store brand ibuprofen. I mean, you’d be wasting your money in that example, but you do you

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[–] 62 points 2 years ago (14 children)

SD cards, SSD, USB drives, any form of computer memory really and replacement batteries too eg for cameras. I suck up the cost and buy directly from a reputable manufacturer.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Electronics in general are you get what you pay for. It might work just as well for a while, but cheaper components will almost always fail quicker.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Apple is kinda a mixed bag in this regard. Sometimes the extra premium you paid is worth it because it lasts ten years, sometimes it breaks in six months because a single pin got bent in some critical internal connector. And sometimes they intentionally slow down old iPhones.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    There's nothing quite as frustrating as loosing photos and footage before it's been ingested. Always use name brand media and always duplicate it asap. Ask me how I know.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

    Oh no, whose wedding shoot did you lose? πŸ˜„

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It was a cousin's wedding. Fortunately I had two cards, filled the first and the second one bit the dust. The ceremony survived but most of the reception pictures are lost. Not the worst case but they were not happy with me. Mem cards were a lot smaller back then.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Agree for the expensive stuff, but started buying cheap usb sticks a few years back and yet to have one go bad. They aren't as quality as fidget toys, no moving parts, but they do the job they were made for, unless you drive over them with a car or something.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Huh, I've never had any problems going bottom of the barrel on anything PC related besides micro SD cards for home security and dashcams.

    Most power supplies that aren't just ripped out of some unknown piece of tech are great these days too.

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