Dbrand , a spectacular Almighty of skins for mobile machine andfaceplates for console , got into some blistering body of water the past few days on societal medium . What started as making play of a client ’s last name in the most cringe ( and arguably racist ) mode possible , end up with the company forking over $ 10,000 to make amends .
On Monday , an Adam user named Bhuwan Chitransh send atweetto Dbrand asking what he should do to keep a Macbook skin the same color . Instead of offering some advice , the accessory Jehovah decided to bemock the drug user ’s name .
“ Your last name is basically shit rash , be serious , ” Dbrand respond in a now - deleted tweet .
Image: Dbrand
Dbrand did reply back to Chitransh on its support@robotaccount the same mean solar day , but it did n’t take long for the companionship to be called out for the tweet .
“ You ’ve amply cross the line here mate , no coming back from this , ” one X userposted .
“ Wait really@dbrand ? in lieu of any attack at customer support , you make playfulness of a customer ’s extraneous name ? ” Another usertweeted .
Screenshot: X
After the recoil , Dbrand justify for the tweet and offer up a chunk of money to Chitransh as redress .
“ Well , that intensify cursorily , ” the companypostedon Wednesday . “ 1 . Yes – we made fun of a bozo ’s name . It was a huge fumble . 2 . We excuse to him directly and offer him $ 10,000 as a motion of good will . 3 . We ’ve been dig sport at customers on social media for over a decade now . We ’re not going to stop , but perchance next time you ’ll be the one who gets $ 10,000 . ”
Well that escalated quickly .
1 . Yes – we made playfulness of a guy ’s name . It was a huge fumble .
2 . We justify to him directly and offer him $ 10,000 as a motion of goodwill .
3 . We ’ve been prod play at customers on social media for over a decade now . We ’re not going to block , but …
— dbrand ( @dbrand)April 10 , 2024
As for Chitransh , hepostedon Thursday that he ’s keeping the money .
“ Usually love your banter , but this went too far . Engaging in racial discussions that degrade communities is n’t cool . Keeping the 10k though , ” Chitransh tweeted .
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