expiredRed_Liz | Staff posted Jul 02, 2024 06:56 PM
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expiredRed_Liz | Staff posted Jul 02, 2024 06:56 PM
Prime Members: 3.3' UGREEN 100W USB-C to USB-C Charging Cables
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Fast charging, but USB 2.0 data speeds.
I love SD and have used it since ~2007. I think the community on here is great and very knowledgeable. The company was acquired by Goldman Sachs six years ago for half a billion, so I am sure it does well financially.
My main gripes are related to it putting profits above their mission (saving people $$) and transparency. Examples:
1. Not allowed to post cash back sites (cuts into their referral revenue stream), which sometimes can save 20% or more.
2. Removing posts/links to Amazon products that don't meet a threshold number of sales/seller ratings. This is touted as protective for the community against Chinese shills, but in actuality, it allows them to block out their sponsor's competition. Similarly you don't see many deals from AliExpress/Temu (not sure if they have the same policy on those two sites as well).
3. Sponsored posts (such as this) are rarely labeled as promoted/sponsored content.
4. SD staff posts often have abnormally large numbers of TU relative to comments and true deal "hotness." Any time you see a staff posted deal, look at the ratio of TU to comments and you will see what I mean. I wish there was transparency here -- eg listing who TU'ed/TD'ed a deal.
5. Sometimes posts have shills. Example overzealous shill replies would be "Wow great deal in for X (large unnecessary quantity)" or "Code no longer works" (to cause FOMO) followed by "Code is still working, great deal"
I actually think a lot of their sponsored deals are pretty solid, but just wish that they were more transparent.
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It's the 60W ones [amazon.com] that are $6.00
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Fast charging, but USB 2.0 data speeds.
Looking to get a few to charge my phone in the car and on the go, but I've had so many other cheap cables work for a couple weeks and just stop
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Looking to get a few to charge my phone in the car and on the go, but I've had so many other cheap cables work for a couple weeks and just stop
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Looking to get a few to charge my phone in the car and on the go, but I've had so many other cheap cables work for a couple weeks and just stop
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I'll take sponsored products over cords and chargers that will burn my house down
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