• grue@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    >reboot to bootloader -> unlock -> you will use your warranty -> yes

    It’s fucking outrageous that companies are allowed to blatantly lie like that (you will not, in fact, lose your warranty – Federal law doesn’t allow it). Every company that displays such a fraudulent message ought to be fined by the FTC, or worse.

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      8 days ago

      ought to be fined by the FTC, or worse

      Fines don’t work, just start throwing people in jail already.

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        8 days ago

        By its nature, the only penalties that can be applied to a corporate entity are fines or revoking its charter. The latter is what I had in mind when I wrote “or worse,” although I suppose piercing the corporate veil and going after the company’s executives personally is certainly an option too!