als@lemmy.blahaj.zone to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 days agoGamers report a BIOS update is bricking their Legion Go handhelds, and Lenovo is quoting over $250 to fix the issue outside of warrantywww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up1343arrow-down11cross-posted to: pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
arrow-up1342arrow-down1external-linkGamers report a BIOS update is bricking their Legion Go handhelds, and Lenovo is quoting over $250 to fix the issue outside of warrantywww.pcgamer.comals@lemmy.blahaj.zone to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square45linkfedilinkcross-posted to: pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
minus-squarenothingcorporate@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·5 days agoRemember when Lenovo got caught putting a rootkit in their bios? That should have been the end of anyone ever buying from them.
minus-squareMalyca@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoI didn’t know about this how is it not bigger news!?
minus-squarenothingcorporate@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoBecause no corporations want you to start thinking about your privacy… Because once you start pulling on that thread…
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoI brought that up to IT before, people forget so easily
minus-squareDdCno1@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoBarely anyone remembers Sony shipping rootkits on their music CDs as well.
Remember when Lenovo got caught putting a rootkit in their bios? That should have been the end of anyone ever buying from them.
I didn’t know about this how is it not bigger news!?
Because no corporations want you to start thinking about your privacy… Because once you start pulling on that thread…
I brought that up to IT before, people forget so easily
Barely anyone remembers Sony shipping rootkits on their music CDs as well.