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[–] [email protected] 184 points 8 months ago (12 children)

The devices those users paid for? That should be illegal.

[–] [email protected] 180 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (11 children)

I'm pretty sure this won't fly in court because this is a significant change to a product long after the product was purchased, which could potentially fly in the face of false advertising laws, since this "feature" was not advertised, and they're not being denied access to a product they purchased. It's clearly coercive.

However, this is the USA and stupider shit has happened. Judges here love to gargle corporate balls. See: Clearance Thomas.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 8 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

"Roger Rodger"
"we've got clearance Clarence"
"What's our vector victor?"

From the movie airplane.

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