Wish all the companies I bought from called me a zombie from the abyss 🥰
I like how they take a moral stance against Apple and Google, but then proudly display Boeing and the US Air Force as customers.
Just as a info, they are a Clevo reseller: https://linustechtips.com/topic/802163-clevo-custom-laptops-and-world-clevo-resellers/#comment-10086025
That probably also applies to a lot of other small size linux laptop companies that are not doing a lot of custom stuff in their laptops.
Accessed the website using Chrome, on a Google Pixel, routed through a VPN exiting from Colorado.
Was looking for specifically an AMD laptop. WHAT NOW MALIBAL
No soup for you!
But I notice that they don’t say they’ll ban everyone from Feddit…?
So, maybe there’s some hope for them yet…
Skikk is a clevo reseller too. Those laptops are very nice. They do however sound like a jet engine when the game starts. But I just turn the volume up higher and then I don’t hear it anymore.
wow havent seen anything this moody in a long while
Another scam company like framework trying to charge exorbitant fees for computers without dedicated GPUs.
Don’t be fooled by the viral marketing/useful idiots, guys. Just go with the product that’s the best deal for you.
Framework 16 does have a dedicated GPU option, and it’s upgradable.
…FW16 is a great Linux machine. It also had CAD drawings available that have been allowing me to sketch out possible physical modifications. It also has a PCIe 4.0 x4 available for either the GPU they sell or any other device that I decide to make.
What specifically about Framework do you think is a scam? I’d genuinely like to know since that’s been the opposite of my experience.
You can buy better hardware for cheaper prices.
Framework exists to take advantage of naive people who are just trying to fit in with strangers on the internet.
You can indeed buy better hardware for many purposes for cheaper.
Want a gaming laptop? Or a runs Linux out of the box laptop? FW is not even close to the best value there.
Want a laptop with well-documented physical specs, including CAD drawings to make readily modifiable and upgradeable, potentially being the last laptop chassis that one needs to buy? Nothing else comes close to touching FW.
I avoid ads, so, maybe they’re inappropriately marketing as gaming laptops. I’d not call that a scam but would say that it’s ethically questionable, at best. FW is a laptop for people prioritizing long-term repairability and tinkering over everything else.
but, he doesn’t like it, so it’s a scam. it’s not enough just to not buy it, he has to bitch about it and save the world from this evil, malignant company selling extremely customizable Linux laptops with versatile expansion options.
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Edit: after several attempts, it did load. But its fucking dark grey font on a black background. Can’t read this shit. Here’s the actual website
Perfectly readable white text on a black background on my devices. The problem must be on your end.
This is not the first time Malibal made an appearance.
Last time I heard about them, they shafted the CoreBoot people then also banned the several countries from doing business with them.
Malibal is legitimately insane.
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https://www.malibal.com/legal/terms/
This is so hilariously unhinged. Fun starts at “Geographical Restrictions”
Most of this is because of some drama where they tried to port coreboot by lowballing some coreboot agencies who eventually told him to fuck off
Lmao, they prohibit anyone using any Google device or service, any Apple device or service and any (active) Reddit user.
Hey, at least they promote Lemmy!
Use of Google Products and Services
Users are prohibited from accessing this website using any Google products or services. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Gmail: Users may not use Gmail to register, login, or otherwise interact with this site.
- Google Chrome: Users may not use the Google Chrome web browser to access this site. – Exception: De-Googled forks of Chrome are allowed.
- Google Pixel Phones: Users may not use Google Pixel phones or any other Google-branded hardware to access this site.
- Android: Users may not use the Android operating system in its standard, Google-integrated form. – Exception: De-Googled versions of Android.
- Other Google Services: Any other services or products provided by Google, including but not limited to Google Search, Google Drive, Google Meet, and Google Workspace, are also prohibited from accessing this site.
Enforcement: If it is determined that any user has accessed this website using any of the aforementioned Google products or services, > we reserve the right to terminate the user’s access to the site immediately without notice.
If they have the ability to accurately detect/enforce any of that, I’d be way more impressed with their fingerprinting techniques than any of the hardware they’re selling
Google apple and reddit must have really pissed them off to include this in their terms.
That’s cool
Well that was a crazy read. Never seen a company act this way before. Sounds like a very small operation. Unfortunately their products don’t appeal to me at all, I’d much rather buy a Framework.
Fortunately
What in the fuck?
It just kept going. Calling customers “zombies”… bannung people from using chrome to access website, banning “regular reddit users”… banning particular countries for pettt grudges with like, a few individuals???
I thought the article would end there. It just kept goooooooooinnnnggggggg
Probably just shitty ass company. honestly their act like ass to everyone tell me is bis red flag company
This hurts to read because of how badly written it is. Do you not read what you’ve written?
finally, the official laptop of schizophrenia
Need to install templeOS on it
First I thougt its just a prank by a bored social media intern, but it looks like the whole company is built on this insane absurd communication. It was a hilarious read :D
The whole company is just the one guy. He obviously has mental health issues.
how the hell are they still in business lmao
No publicity is bad publicity I guess?
It makes me sad that you had to spend so much time with this topic. But thank you for publishing it ❤️
Oh no I’m not the person who runs the blog. I just saw it posted on the Tumblr Linux community and wanted to repost it here. Happy to share it ofc! 😄
That’s the wildest company that I’ve ever seen
As a KDE person, the random potshot at KDE for absolutely no reason is what got me lol.
