They are not as terrible as people who commit fraud by lying about throwing away the "bad" unit and selling it, nor are they as bad as people stealing them and then also reselling them.
No, they're worse than both of those groups. I'd accept having to deal with both of them forever if it meant manufacturers didn't have a way to remotely brick things after they sold them anymore.
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They are not as terrible as people who commit fraud by lying about throwing away the "bad" unit and selling it, nor are they as bad as people stealing them and then also reselling them.
No, they're worse than both of those groups. I'd accept having to deal with both of them forever if it meant manufacturers didn't have a way to remotely brick things after they sold them anymore.