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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
Personally, I don't think any company should be able to tell me what to do with a product after I purchase it. They shouldn't be able to apply future conditions on it. In the case of phones, even here in Canada they don't put any conditions on the phone, they just force you to purchase a contract when you get a phone. Hell, you can use the phone as a butt plug for as much as Telus or Rogers cares, as long as you fulfill the agreements of the contract.
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MS is doing exactly this with the xbox360, they're telling you (after you purchase it), you will be banned from xbox live if you mod your xbox. You may say that at least your xbox isn't useless, IMHO it's just about useless if you can't play on live anymore, the machine is effectively crippled. At the end of the day, if you hacked your iphone or your 360 you're forcing the hardware to do something it was never intended to do (in this case the iphone was never intended to run on a non AT&T network) if it breaks, too bad so sad. Another example, if you modify your car with aftermarket parts and you blow your motor, do you think the manufacturer will replace your motor for you?