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mavhc on Dec 28, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Sonos's “recycle mode” intentionally bricks device...

Step 1: convince your customers to brick their own devices. Step 2: buy back now worthless, and thus cheap, devices. Step 3: unbrick, resell, profit

rabbidruster on Dec 28, 2019 [–]

If they did step two it wouldn't be nearly as bad.

mavhc on Dec 29, 2019 | [–]

Well, you'd have to do it secretly, buy them back from the recyclers

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