I understand your point, but, it is almost impossible to brick an iPhone unless you mess with the baseband. An in this case it is the person who modifed the fi

I understand your point, but, it is almost impossible to brick an iPhone unless you mess with the baseband. An in this case it is the person who modifed the firmware who is at fault not apple. In the case of AC2 people with legitimate UNMODIFIED games are being left without their product. I'm not supporting apple for locking the hardware but I don't think your comparison is fair. It would be a lot easier to compare with the Zune or the PS3 in which cases the platforms were also unmodified and suffered down-time due to a manufacturers mistake.