> functionality that wasn't advertised, but would have been possible had work not been done to prevent it Not to defend them (I would choose the PineNote anywa

> functionality that wasn't advertised, but would have been possible had work not been done to prevent it Not to defend them (I would choose the PineNote anyway) but I think the practice is common: crippling something that is very easy to get working in a current version of a product is how they can later use it as a bullet point to advertise the sale of the next version that contains the "latest development", "much wanted feature", etc. If we don't see the practice employed often, it's likely because most products are tight closed and the turned off features aren't easy to spot.