It is one thing if someone installs a leak and, either due to user error or problems with the build itself, the device winds up bricked. I would never expect either Logitech or Google to provide support in such a situation. However, it is quite another matter for a company to purposely brick a device in response to a leak. The latter is malicious and serves no real purpose other than to punish those who are likely the brand's most devoted and fervent supporters. Even Apple, the most locked-down, "my way or the highway" tech company on this planet has not taken the opportunity to brick users who have jailbroken their IOS devices.txyaloo wrote:How do you figure that? If it were an official update, then sure, you could say that, but it's not. It's an unofficial leak. Logitech has no duty to support the leak, enable back-end servers, etc. People knew it was a leak and took that risk. Plenty of other companies take the same stance. Devices being "bricked" are completely the end user's fault.joedeveloper wrote:Uhm yeah to say the least. That's pretty jacked up if they are not allowing people to use it. If they are blocking you from using it, then they have basically said, oops so sorry we have bricked your device!
If this turns out to be true, I can really see myself being done with the experiment that is/was GTV and moving back to Apple TV or a Boxee Box. After being one of the initial buyers of GTV the first day of release and dealing with a complete lack of functionality (you could argue that the device is less functional than it was on Day 1 given the subsequent network blocks and the ever-diminishing capability of the media player) and the promised updates which never materialize, I will be furious if GTV now tries to shut the door on users like me who turn to betas and leaks merely to get some of the functionality which was originally promised two years ago at Google I/O.