I got a HDD dock from startech.com. It works great and does everything I need. The problem is it has the brightest goddamn blue LED I have ever seen. It is so unnecessarily bright. My eyes hurt looking in the same direction as it. What the fuck should I do? Return it? De solder the stupid ass LED? It works great aside from this one issue.
Edit: I opened the thing and drew with sharpie on the LED. It’s bearable to look at now.
Returning it seems extreme to me… But I’m happy modding things like that.
Stick a piece of paper or card over the button/LED such that you can still depress it… Iterate/repeat until you’re satisfied.
I have never heard anyone claim returning something is “extreme” before. It’s so mild it should be one of the first options you consider, especially when you ordered online and didn’t get the chance to see the item before purchase. You shouldn’t get saddled with shit just because there’s some “feature” you hate which you weren’t aware of when you bought it. For that reason where I am you’d have a legal right to return almost any order within 14 days of receipt no questions asked, or longer if there’s a defect.
I meant extreme for this very specific case. If every other features of the product is satisfactory for OP then dumping the whole product is extreme.
No product is perfect in every way for every customer. Modifying a product that you’ve already bought is an entirely reasonable thing to do.
You are under no obligation to keep a product you don’t like for any reason, companies aren’t entitled to your money by default. You might have had a point if we were talking about some super rare item only one or two companies manufacture but this is about a HDD dock, you’ll probably find 5 different models with identical functionality just by checking your local electronics store.
Tell me you are not in New Zealand, without telling me you are not in New Zealand.