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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

Why console makers can legally brick your game console

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Why console makers can legally brick your game console

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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago
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“If the ability [to brick a console] is there, someone will want to ‘see how it goes.'”…
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    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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      Printers

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      Pretty sure cars are basically the same now.

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      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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        You get a lien, not your fence torn down usually. Cant do anything to the property until it’s paid

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      what industry isn’t allowed to do this?

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

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          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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            Throw that brick through their window

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

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              extremely hard to overturn the DMCA

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

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