FTC urged to stop companies paywalling hardware you already bought

I think that the poster does mean DLC, and in general they’re conflating “I am not getting enough for my money” (which could absolutely be argued as true) with “companies are deliberately breaking working stuff” which, other than printers (coughHPcough) is not true.

I would be happy to be proven wrong, and any company that deliberately removes playability from a game with an update, or an example of Apple breaking phones with an update, would 100% be met with the appropriate scorn and derision from me. I just don’t know of any example for Apple. There very well could be one for games, as I don’t play many computer games.

Big claims need equivalent-sized documentation from trusted sources.

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