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Originally Posted by scottjl
regardless of what kind of end-user i am, the last thing i want is a self-destructing device. with almost 40 years in the IT industry i know all too well how our pal murphy strikes when you least expect it. a glitch out somewhere causing you to power cycle your phone and then it mistakenly locks itself up? a manufacturer update that bricks your phone? even worse, a hacker with a virus that extorts money out of you to keep your phone from bricking and you losing data? there are all too many ways this is not good for the consumer all for what? so motorola can insure that you see their android skin and can't replace their installed apps? no thanks.
i sure hope this doesn't become a trend.
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My only hope is that every blogger and every journalist will pounce on this every day until Motorola's sales slow to trickle, their stock goes to 50 cents and their CEO gets the boot. Things should get so bad that no one never, ever will consider doing something so evil again.