I actually found a nice SoundTouch 20 discarded on the curb, a couple months ago.

I assumed it was probably discarded due to the frequent situation here, of student who is moving away, and who doesn't want the hassle or expense of moving things that don't fit in their luggage.

Now I wonder whether it was discarded because the owner heard it was being bricked, so not worth moving with them.

(Don't worry, I'm a curb Jawa master. I carried it home, realized it was IoT that required an icky closed app thing to use it, and so gave it to an MIT student. I just emailed them the URL of this good news. Possible bummer for the previous owner, though.)