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mystralineyesterday at 9:48 PM2 repliesview on HN

Indeed.

My ownership is proved by my receipt from the store I bought it from.

This vandalization at scale is a CFAA violation. I'd also argue it is a fraudulent sale since not all rights were transferred at sale, and misrepresented a sale instead of an indefinite rental.

And its likely a RICO act, since the C levels and BOD likely knew and/or ordered it.

And damn near everything's wire fraud.

But if anybody does manage to take them to court and win, what would we see? A $10 voucher for the next Oneplus phone? Like we'd buy another.


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dataflowyesterday at 10:04 PM

As far as legal arguments go, I imagine their first counter would be that you agreed to the update, so it's on you.

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ameliusyesterday at 10:02 PM

Their defense would probably be like: "you clicked Yes on the EULA form."