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0 pointsEikon6y ago0 comments

Because that's not going to be argued like that in court.

It may not be that hard to say that's its for:

- Preventing "counterfeiting" as in people salvaging their PCBs to put on "rogue" devices.

- Protecting their brand name as a "rogue" device may misrepresent what a proper sonos product actually is.

- Preventing misuse of the account that was registered on the device, hence protecting their customers personal data.

- Customers only use this mode when a product is not repairable.

That's the power of having a strong legal departement, pretty much anything can be argued even when everyone knows the real intent. When such things are done properly, it's really hard to prove the intent hence, the risk is pretty low of being fined anything.

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dogma11386y ago

Customers can’t use this mode when the product is not repairable in most cases as the SOC which is the only irreparable component needs to be fully functional.

If your device cannot boot you can’t put it into recycle mode.

This mode is designed for one thing only and that is to disable perfectly working devices.

IIRC the device also needs to be within its warranty period for you to use recycle mode.

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