This is interesting. In Australia, there's the Australian Consumer Law, which mandates that products must be of acceptable quality for a duration that aligns wi

This is interesting. In Australia, there's the Australian Consumer Law, which mandates that products must be of acceptable quality for a duration that aligns with the length of the contracts. Legally a consumer can return such a 'faulty' device to the carrier. I'm guessing that this is something that needs to be bumped up by 6 months in Australia (or more likely the carriers will take a risk that there aren't enough consumers that care about security to follow through with such returns). Perhaps if someone were to post a 'How to get a free phone every 18 months' type of article it could press the point that writing software is not a one shot process, and broken software should be supported for longer periods of time.