Company Bricks User's Software After He Posts a Negative Review (techdirt.com) 18 points by orf 9y ago ↗ HN
[–] lightlyused 9y ago ↗ I posted this 18 days ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13196136 [–] orf 9y ago ↗ I re-submitted this because I felt there was more discussion to be had. More information has come to light since then as well.Here is the megathread on the Ham radio subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/5jf4i2/ham_ra... [–] lightlyused 9y ago ↗ Yep, see my latest post.
[–] orf 9y ago ↗ I re-submitted this because I felt there was more discussion to be had. More information has come to light since then as well.Here is the megathread on the Ham radio subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/5jf4i2/ham_ra... [–] lightlyused 9y ago ↗ Yep, see my latest post.
[–] forumSzliding 9y ago ↗ Brick is just the wrong word for software.What complete nonsense. The analogy is all wrong.They "voided" or "invalidated" a licence and "disabled" software, remotely.Nothing got bricked. Software is never bricked. Nothing is permanent in software, and furthermore software does not resemble a brick.HRD is being a little self-important by proclaiming they have bricked anything. Clearly they believe they are much more powerful than they really are.
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[ 76.2 ms ] story [ 349 ms ] threadHere is the megathread on the Ham radio subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/5jf4i2/ham_ra...
What complete nonsense. The analogy is all wrong.
They "voided" or "invalidated" a licence and "disabled" software, remotely.
Nothing got bricked. Software is never bricked. Nothing is permanent in software, and furthermore software does not resemble a brick.
HRD is being a little self-important by proclaiming they have bricked anything. Clearly they believe they are much more powerful than they really are.