The business has no right to remotely kill a device purchased by an end user.

whycome 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah! Just degrade the battery life and user experience through forced updates so they are pushed to upgrade instead!

dylan604 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Did you accept the EULA?

Consumer law comes above the EULA. A clause which states the company can remotely brick your hardware should be rendered invalid.

ptrl600 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

OK, no _moral_ right. They could probably stick a clause in there about the vacuum eating my pets for nourishment, but...

And now you've lost the plot or jumped the shark depending on which side of the pond you're on.

	▲	ptrl600 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The point is it's good to complain

Only sane comment in this thread

You don't own the software on the device, they do. If they choose to revoke that license, that is their choice.

	▲	chrismcb 10 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Well, no. You can't just revoke a license. As far as owning the software in the device, I works would argue that you do own a copy of it. I'm sure there is some buried tos claiming you just own a license to run it, and I know this is still being litigated. But when the average person purchases someone their expectation is that they've purchased it, not licensed it.
	▲	kdmtctl 8 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		In EU you have the right to use bundled software as long as you own the appliance. Not sure this is true for US.
	▲	awefasdf 10 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I own the device and all of its storage. The exact state of that storage is my business and precisely no one else's.