Butt, yes, amazon reviews are pointless. Especially positive ones. I always filter by 1-2 stars and see if there is a common problem people are seeing rather than trying to figure out positives from reviews.
Yep.
What I find weird - or concerning - it that Amazon, by helping that - or at least letting that happen, knowing it as well as we all do - favors sellers rather than customers.
Is it really in their best interest? If so, how can that be? Has business become so twisted that shitting on customers actually makes no difference (or even helps)? (It's a trend I've been noticing way beyond Amazon.)
As to Dymo. They are resorting to deceiving customers because they perfectly know that their DRM decision would make their new products FAIL.
Sure printer vendors make most of their money on consumables, so this DRM thing is no surprise. Dymo was probably expecting the whole industry to switch to DRM in a matter of a few years, so that consumers would have no choice anyway. Next thing you know, you won't be able to print on any paper other than the vendor paper on any general-purpose printer. Making cash with ink/toner is not going to cut it anymore to get more revenue, I guess.
I do hope those new products fail hard so that the DRM trend collapses, but I don't hold my breath. It's just a matter of all companies doing the same (and it's in their immediate interest for maximizing revenue), and customers will just be trapped. We'll see who "wins" this one.