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insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafe ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

On the other hand: anything anti-consumer like this (like bricking game consoles) has potential to backfire in a myriad of ways when the inevitable exploits are found.

Ransomware customers, target people you don’t like (perhaps even by employees), or simply brick devices to cause returns and/or drive up customer support costs, or just cause a scandal to tarnish the brand itself.

The closer to a real brick it is (rather than just a soft lockout), the more potential there is for disaster.

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