On the topic of bricking, I had my $250 amazon kindle display the dreaded battery with exclamation mark a day after warranty expired. Coincidence? I contacted

On the topic of bricking, I had my $250 amazon kindle display the dreaded battery with exclamation mark a day after warranty expired. Coincidence? I contacted amazon and was kindly informed that there are no authrized repair facilities and amazon does not fix it. Was offered $5 to return it and 15% discount. Had to do a bit of research online but it turns out one can take it apart. I disconnected battery and reconnected it and it started charging again. I’m not a conspiracy theorist but this felt like amazon would software brick the device so I would buy new one due to timing of warranty. Disconnecting battery literally reset device. Anyone experience this?