Ye gods, no. My main hobby is gaming, and there's something I've learned the hard way, and then had emphasized through YEARS of constant observation: Big corporate entities are nasty, nasty, NASTY things. These companies, they couldnt care less about you. They'd throw you into a giant blender if it got them some more money, and the only thing that stops them from doing so is the law. And even then.... only sometimes. Alot of big companies are so bad that they WILL spend loads of resources trying to look for legal loopholes to increase the number of things they can get away with.
It's a bad, bad idea to get attached to something like that. These companies use this sort of thing against the consumers. It allows them to get away with producing ever more crappy products, or to give increasingly terrible service, or to not fix problems, because theyv'e already got everyone right where they want them. I dont know if anyone here is into gaming, but if you're familiar with the "console war", that's a fantastic example. Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony.... they do EVERYTHING they can to get people onto their "side", and to get them really loyal, and that way they'll have you, the consumer, DEFENDING them even when they're being a giant pile of dog turds. No matter what shady, nasty crap they pull, they'll have consumers jumping in front of the bus to defend them instead of calling them out on the crap they're doing. If you've never heard of something called "tribalism", look it up (it's interesting to read about, actually, it's part of our psychology and the cause of ALOT of problems we have. Ever wondered where bullying comes from? Yep...). The psychology of that is part of the reason behind brand loyalty (even in the face of shady practices and crappy products), and it's what these companies count on to use to keep you in control (and keep themselves in profit, which is the entire point).
There's nothing good about brand loyalty, folks. Buy a product because it's a good product, not because it's made by a certain group, and dont hesitate to NOT buy something from that same company if it's a piece of crap. And for the love of all that is good and kitten-shaped, DONT get into dumb arguements with others about different brands. You're walking right into the giant pile of beartraps if you do that one.
