@Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 3 months agoWe pay companies for products that we never truly own. When they mess-up, they decide what the mess-up is worth. If we mess-up and think we own their products, they can sue and put us in jail.message-square29fedilinkarrow-up1309arrow-down113
arrow-up1296arrow-down1message-squareWe pay companies for products that we never truly own. When they mess-up, they decide what the mess-up is worth. If we mess-up and think we own their products, they can sue and put us in jail.@Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 3 months agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-square@9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink7•3 months agoGary Bowser got fucked by Nintendo for doing shit to a device he bought. Got sentenced for nearly 4 years, now owes like $15m
minus-square@Opinionhaver@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agoFor selling hacking tools - not for modifying their personal device.
minus-square@9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink7•3 months agoi.e. Helping others modify their own devices You’re splitting hairs
minus-square@Opinionhaver@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish3•3 months agoYou’re moving the goalposts. The claim was that people are going to jail for “thinking they own a product they paid for.” Your example has nothing to do with that.
Gary Bowser got fucked by Nintendo for doing shit to a device he bought. Got sentenced for nearly 4 years, now owes like $15m
For selling hacking tools - not for modifying their personal device.
i.e. Helping others modify their own devices
You’re splitting hairs
You’re moving the goalposts. The claim was that people are going to jail for “thinking they own a product they paid for.” Your example has nothing to do with that.