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Why console makers can legally brick your game console

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  • S schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de
    23 May 2025, 17:25
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    punkcoder@lemmy.world
    wrote on 23 May 2025, 21:27 last edited by
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    While these kinds of "bricking" clauses haven't been tested in court, lawyers who spoke to Ars felt they would probably hold up to judicial review.

    This is laughable at best, would 100% never go to court. The cost of losing would destroy so
    many models… and defending in it in the light of real consequences is going to make them popular… Ask the RIAA how suing customers made them look.

    The threat of doing it is way more powerful.

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    • A aatube@kbin.melroy.org
      23 May 2025, 18:51

      what industry isn't allowed to do this?

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      kolanaki@pawb.social
      wrote on 23 May 2025, 21:30 last edited by
      #13

      Furniture? Pretty sure they can't come into my house to cut the feet off my tables, anyway.

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      • K kolanaki@pawb.social
        23 May 2025, 21:30

        Furniture? Pretty sure they can't come into my house to cut the feet off my tables, anyway.

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        aatube@kbin.melroy.org
        wrote on 23 May 2025, 22:02 last edited by
        #14

        they can brick your "smart" table, turning it into just wood, just as they can brick your switch, turning it into... a brick

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          23 May 2025, 22:02

          they can brick your "smart" table, turning it into just wood, just as they can brick your switch, turning it into... a brick

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          sanctus@lemmy.world
          wrote on 23 May 2025, 22:10 last edited by
          #15

          Sounds like we have a lot of work to do for freedom of ownership.

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            leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl
            wrote on 23 May 2025, 22:47 last edited by
            #16

            they can't brick our movie. our movies are dumb anyways.

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              smeg@feddit.uk
              wrote on 23 May 2025, 23:03 last edited by
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              Assuming this article is talking about the USA? This doesn't sound like the kind of thing that would fly anywhere with half-decent consumer protection laws.

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                kadup@lemmy.world
                wrote on 23 May 2025, 23:26 last edited by
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                If you live in a shit hole like the US, yes.

                It's totally illegal over here.

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                • B bleatingzombie@lemmy.world
                  23 May 2025, 19:28

                  The only place I've seen it is if you didn't finish paying for it (like getting a fence replaced at your house and then not paying them will get it torn down)

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                  thermal_shock@lemmy.world
                  wrote on 24 May 2025, 00:19 last edited by
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                  You get a lien, not your fence torn down usually. Cant do anything to the property until it's paid

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                    thermal_shock@lemmy.world
                    wrote on 24 May 2025, 00:19 last edited by thermal_shock@lemmy.world
                    #20

                    Throw that brick through their window

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                      sw42@lemmy.world
                      wrote on 24 May 2025, 07:42 last edited by
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                      Because capitalism and Greed. You pay money for some piece of hardware and expect to own it? In what world are you living?

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                      • P punkcoder@lemmy.world
                        23 May 2025, 21:27

                        While these kinds of "bricking" clauses haven't been tested in court, lawyers who spoke to Ars felt they would probably hold up to judicial review.

                        This is laughable at best, would 100% never go to court. The cost of losing would destroy so
                        many models… and defending in it in the light of real consequences is going to make them popular… Ask the RIAA how suing customers made them look.

                        The threat of doing it is way more powerful.

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                        awesomelowlander@sh.itjust.works
                        wrote on 24 May 2025, 10:01 last edited by
                        #22

                        Threat? Have you not seen Nintendo suing their customers the last 4 decades or so?

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                          modernrisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                          wrote on 25 May 2025, 20:13 last edited by
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                          I will just not purchase an console anymore, don’t need one anyway due to have a good PC.

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                          • S sanctus@lemmy.world
                            23 May 2025, 18:15

                            What other industry is allowed to just do this? Its robbery. If I want to buy an Xbox and mod it to hell I should be able to. At most they should be able to disconnect me from their online infrastructure. Not brick my console.

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                            gnate@lemmy.world
                            wrote on 26 May 2025, 14:20 last edited by
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                            Tractors. Continued function depends on OTA updates via subscription.

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                              grue@lemmy.world
                              wrote on 27 May 2025, 14:23 last edited by grue@lemmy.world
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                              Answer (without even needing to read the article): they can’t legally brick your console, but we live in an oligarchy that refuses to enforce the law against the powerful.

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