My own little soapbox is that if you buy a product, it should always be possible for the consumer to return it to exactly the state it was at the time of purcha

My own little soapbox is that if you buy a product, it should always be possible for the consumer to return it to exactly the state it was at the time of purchase. So no forced or unrevokable updates that ruin (or even change) things. I have a TV that has on multiple times broken things with firmware updates, and there is no known way to downgrade. I'd name and shame the company but I'm sure that almost every manufacturer gets away with the same bullshit. Same with cellphone manufacturers.