[nomoi]

Originally Posted by ezdiy

Nomoi: The bug i chose is deliberately complex one, obscure enough only folks familiar can see what's going on, hopefully ensuring some longevity/not having to babysit much.

My well-meaning curiosity shall then be hushed for the great purpose you intended. =)

Originally Posted by ezdiy

This is because whenever the exact details (or the bug is trivial to see/fix) are described it often leads to some "good samaritan" pestering the vendor for a fix. Quotes, because more often than not they have a commercial interest in making loud noises, with complete disregard that they're breaking things for everyone. One such example of this in the past is https://www.synacktiv.com/posts/hard...-reverser.html

Nice read though. Are the authors and the ones that led to that "happy ending" identical?

I assume the hardware option that implies soldering will remain intact. It's sad to force such expenditure to a consumer if this remains our last option. I bought the device , so I shall decide on using it as I want. Moreover I shall have the right to disable the malfunction described in the paragraph on "Analytics". I have to look into it, but this is exactly what I expected and intended to abrogate with jailbreaking.

Originally Posted by ezdiy

Overall I'm all for vendors making root somewhat difficult, so as to scare away inexperienced users who would brick stuff. However a vendor that aggressively locks the device (Apple, Amazon) have clearly other interest than consumer protection in mind.

Like mentioned above the reason is unlikely to avoid breaking stuff. The specious argument functions more often to justify prescribing the possibilities and malicious behaviour of the device. The consequence of "device bricked by owner/user" is harmless and uncostly compared to "owner/user (p)owned by company", so to speak..

Thanks again and all the best. =)