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Why people are boycotting Asus all of a sudden? Asus outrage explained (youtu.be)
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[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Isn't asrock asus

[–] ares35@kbin.social 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

it was spun-off from asus in '02, then acquired by a different spin-off in '10 which asus retains significant ownership of. so, yea, basically asrock is their "discount" brand,

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

ASRock makes high end server parts that Asus has no equivalent.

https://www.asrockrack.com/

https://www.asrockrack.com/general/products.asp#Server

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Brb ima order 64gb ecc ram and an epyc to play minecraft

(/s obviously)

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

Not exactly. They were created out of Asus and are still related somehow, but I don't know the details.