I just installed an update to my phone’s OS, which required a reboot. The screen went blank for longer than I expected and I got to wondering if that was the end for my phone. Then I got to wondering if it could be intentional – if the developers decided that they had enough of the project and hated their userbase enough to have the last update brick their phones.
Two seconds later, the reboot proceeded successfully so that scenario clearly isn’t the case for /e/os, but the question remains – has anyone done anything like that and what were the ramifications?
dude once got criminally punished for ‘hacking’ by changing a url to access publicly available information…
the legal ramifications for bricking devices purposefully seems… terrifying.
unless its for protecting the profits and rents of large capital formations, then its just innovation and good business sense.