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Without minimizing the impact, we should not blow it out of proportion, either. It sounds like every existing installed device continues to work. "Bricked" is u

by jeffbee 4mo ago

Without minimizing the impact, we should not blow it out of proportion, either. It sounds like every existing installed device continues to work. "Bricked" is used too expansively here.

swiftcoder 4mo ago
If you walk into a BestBuy and purchase a new one today, it arrives pre-bricked. That seems to meet the definition just fine
- jeffbee 4mo ago
  That's not what bricked means. Bricked is a one-way trip to permanent non-function. For example, overwriting the firmware with firmware that can't boot and also can't update again. The events in the article are a simple, transient backend malfunction.
  - swiftcoder 4mo ago
    “Bricked” is always a matter of perspective. Sure, the manufacturer can almost always unbrick a device, but the end user here cannot, because the manufacturer is not supplying the requisite tools
  - Marsymars 4mo ago
    It doesn’t seem like anyone knows whether or not it is, in fact, transient.