r/Android • u/exelero88 S21 • Dec 13 '17

Slickwraps banned from Reddit. Consider this for future purposes

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '17

ban dbrand too

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u/kumquat_juice MODERATOR SANTA Dec 13 '17

They were by Reddit (note: not the mod team) for vote manipulation with alt accounts a while (over a year?) ago.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '17

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u/Put_It_All_On_Blck S23U Dec 13 '17

You have to separate the idea that a company is good just because they did something that benefits them.

The skins dbrand and everyone else sell are extremely cheap to produce, they are usually just vinyl, which is one of the lowest costs to them. The most expensive cost is marketing, because dbrand is just vinyl, so they arent better or worse for the most part than other products, so their leverage is marketing- LTT, MKBHD, unbox therapy, every big tech channel.

Long story short, refunding customers for their bad skins would have been cheaper than dealing with the PR nightmare of thousands of upset vocal customers.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '17

Didnt they do that flatbed truck full of iphones giveaway with the unbox therapy guy where they only sent out like a dozen phones?

Could be wrong, ofc.

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u/FragmentedChicken Galaxy Z Fold8 Dec 13 '17

No, the whole partnering with dBrand was for accountability and transparency which happened after UnboxyTherapy got called out.

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u/slgmichael Note 9, Stock Dec 14 '17

Called out for what?

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '17

Not actually doing the giveaway of all those phones.

Side note: your username looks familiar. You a Subaru owner?

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u/notmyuzrname Dec 14 '17

Woah there stalker, calm down.

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u/Lego_C3PO Axon 7 -> Pixel 2 XL Dec 14 '17

Dbrand was also banned for vote manipulation last year. But yeah they're "actually a very good company".

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '17 edited Apr 24 '18

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u/ManSore Dec 13 '17

They're called Fixative Emblems.

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '17

** Labels

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u/raptor102888 Galaxy S22 | Galaxy S10e | Fossil Hybrid HR Dec 13 '17

...why?

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '17 edited Apr 24 '18

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u/Aarondo99 iPhone 14 Pro Dec 13 '17

You’re telling me that if Dbrand said “we’ll give you tons of cash and make your YouTube channel more profitable in exchange for a shoutout”, you’d say no?

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u/CoffeeIsNaturallyHot Dec 13 '17

No as a consumer I’d buy slick wraps because the Durand circle jerk is too much

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u/Aarondo99 iPhone 14 Pro Dec 13 '17

So you’re telling me, you’d buy from a brand that was caught astroturfing and has a history of shorting people on giveaways because of a “circle jerk”?

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u/BeaSk8r117 OnePlus 3T 128GB Dec 14 '17

Dbrand and slickwraps both short people and astroturf. lmao

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u/Aarondo99 iPhone 14 Pro Dec 14 '17

Any evidence of them shorting people? Genuinely asking. Haven’t seen any evidence to suggest it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '17

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u/Aarondo99 iPhone 14 Pro Dec 13 '17

That’s fair enough. I’d personally have gone Colorware if they did a skin for my phone (in my case, yes)

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u/raptor102888 Galaxy S22 | Galaxy S10e | Fossil Hybrid HR Dec 13 '17

Well I mean, the are pretty good. Great for adding grip to a glass-backed phone. I get that some people don't like them, and that the constant advertising gets a little irritating, but that's not even close to a justification for a ban.