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[-] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 106 points 6 months ago

They got to weasel out of admitting wrong doing as part of the settlement?

What a joke

[-] aleph@lemm.ee 74 points 6 months ago

That's how it goes all too often with these settlements, sadly. Remember when Fox News got to settle with Dominion over the fact that they knowingly pushed election fraud claims that they privately knew to be false? They just paid their fine and went right back to business as usual.

[-] Lupus108@feddit.de 5 points 6 months ago

Well at least Tucker was fired over it?

[-] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

Sometimes in chess you sacrifice a pawn

[-] Blackout@kbin.run 64 points 6 months ago

Good thing I've already found a replacement. weeb warrior

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 28 points 6 months ago

Strolling into the supermarket like whadup.

[-] Damage@feddit.it 14 points 6 months ago

Well the straps say LOVE LOVE

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

I think you could have worn this to a supermarket during a pandemic and no one would have been startled

[-] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

The “LOVE LOVE” skullfuck handles are a nice touch.

[-] onlooker@lemmy.ml 64 points 6 months ago

Oh wow, Razer was selling masks? Seriously? That's wild, I must've missed that completely. What's even wilder is that a bunch of people apparently decided that their best option for respiratory filters is, of all things, a gaming company. And one with a shaky QC history at that.

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 27 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I was very interested in buying one; the details looked OK, and it wasn't a use-once product like those flimsy blue face masks. This was early on when no end was in sight so it seemed like a decent move, and was at least interesting visually.

I ended up not buying one since they took forever from announcement to actual public sale, and I'd talked myself out of it.

[-] Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

I think i saw the masks on display inside one of the casino lobbies in Vegas when I was there last year. It looked "fine" as an accessory unit, too tacky for most people, but i didnt think it was advertised as an N95.

[-] WraithGear@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I got mine from MIRA. Though now i am getting their end of the world news letter…

[-] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 24 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I bought one of these masks for the novelty, as well as the influence to buy it during the Great Lockdown when not much was known about Covid and we were wiping down our groceries. By the time the product launched, we already knew how Covid spread and had a vaccine. Despite the advertising saying that it has N95 filters, it was clear that this was not an N95 product. Razer generically stated that it is not a certified N95 mask, but the advertising and product pages were certainly misleading and the FTC’s fine is valid and justified to protect the health and safety of consumers. I would not have used the Zephyr in place of my actual certified N95 masks.

The Zephyr was heavy, but overall quite comfortable, but I never took it outside and wore it for something like a grocery trip (since I knew it was not an N95 mask, and masks were very divisive where I live in a Red State. The last thing I wanted was to potentially be attacked by an anti-vax/mask Freedom Lover). It was heavy, and the fans were loud - very loud. What was disappointing was that the production version did not come with the two features I wanted that were initially advertised: the sanitising case, and the voice amplifier. Imagine how much more fines Razer would face if they advertised an included UV case that came with blue lights rather than UV lights!

I didn’t end up keeping the Zephyr, although I wish I did just to keep a small, unique memory of an uncertain and dangerous time. I do wonder if they could have launched this product sooner and certified it as an N95 mask, if gaming culture could make wearing masks when you’re sick popular. Selfish people might put aside their “freedoms” if they could look cool with gamer RGB and get attention from others (the motivation for selfishness). Of course the Zephyr would need to go through several years of revisions until it became culture.

[-] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I still don't understand how nobody knew Covid was a respiratory disease. Even my parents were saying they wore gloves to the store and not a mask. I had 95s from doing work in the attic and sent them over to them. My wife was pregnant at the time and I had to beg her to wear one when we went to her checkups at the hospital. Not even the doctor was wearing one at the time and we got a lot of strange looks. By the time she had the baby they had strict rules in place, those first few months were wild.

[-] fulcrummed@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago

They actually just meant it was suitable for use with the Nokia N95 phone.

Damn that was my favourite phone. sigh ‘Twas a simpler time.

[-] Rx_Hawk@lemmy.ml 13 points 6 months ago

Cost of doing business

[-] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 6 months ago

Note that n95 is the minimum grade for biohazard and industrial work. It meams it'll get large particulates (like corona viruses) but not small ones and aerosolized oil (such as spray paint) will fuck your mask.

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[-] inlandempire@jlai.lu 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I remember making fun of it in some discord, imagine spending so much r&d into some RGB gadget instead of contributing to research during COVID, the only certificates they had were for electrical products, none for health stuff

This is from the E3 (or whatever that events name was) announcement

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 9 points 6 months ago

So...do we have reusable respirators that block >=95% of particles 0.3 microns in size yet??

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 11 points 6 months ago

Yeah, there are plenty of P3 and N95 filters for reusable respirators, here are some for the 3M 6000 mask series:

https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/d/v000057466/

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 2 points 6 months ago

Don't those use disposal filters?

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 months ago

So?

You still reuse the respirator

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[-] anon987@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

"It was never our intention to mislead people."

Then why make false claims?

[-] drwho@beehaw.org 7 points 6 months ago
[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 6 points 6 months ago

They should be fined for still being stuck in that awful 90s aesthetic after all this time.

[-] Gabu@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago

The fact it uses clear plastic for the mouth has to be a crime, surely.

[-] ObsidianZed@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 6 months ago

The original point was to make it easier to understand people as you could actually see their mouth. A problem sure, but it solution it wasn't.

[-] arin@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Just as much a crime as apple vision pro with their LED eyes

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[-] snowsuit2654@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 months ago

This and xupermask are just cringe consoomer mush. It's honestly shocking to me the trust that people put into celebrities and tech companies. Capitalists "disrupting" a regulated industry should be a big red flag.

[-] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 months ago

I thought everyone forgot this existed. Apparently not.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Covid? I thought gamers were rising up!

[-] feoh@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago

I'll take "Product Categories That SHOULD NEVER EXIST" for $1000 Alex!

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