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- games@sh.itjust.works
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- games@sh.itjust.works
First I’ve heard of this, glad Valve does such a good job with warranty coverage.
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/17241840
First I’ve heard of this, glad Valve does such a good job with warranty coverage.
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/17241840
This is something of a reoccurring problem with translucent plastics.
Is that why the trend died?
My suspicion is that it is potentially a result of thinner shells. You look at something like Game Boy Color or Nintendo 64, and those things have quite thick shells with plenty of empty space inside, mitigating any potential structural loss due to transparency additives (ABS is not naturally transparent). Newer devices have thinner shells to reduce weight and maximize space for components, potentially leading to problems like this when using translucent plastic.
AND they like to yellow at the speed of light. My brother got a nice, transparent cover for his phone “it’s going to look awful in a few months” and sure enough a few months later he had a different one precisely because of that.
doesn’t that only affect the silicone ones?
mine literally crumbled into pieces under uv
This is actually a huge meme in the Bionicle fandom. Shame too as the parts aren’t being manufactured anymore, so eventually we’ll run out of transparent green shoulder joints.