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Amazon Illegally ‘Bricked’ Older Kindle Models, Class Action Suit Claims (www.classaction.org)

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[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Has any other device? What’s the precedence for doing this over the norm?

They’re making an arbitrary claim, it’s really common for programs to use more recourses as they are updated.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Has any other device? What’s the precedence for doing this over the norm?

Of course... Phone manufacturers for example, include a minimum date they commit to make security and android updates. It is so common actually that it has become one of the benchmarks to compare when buying a new phone