https://consumerrights.wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Cube 2026-04-29T13:52:58Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.44.0 https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Device_bricking&diff=18347 2025-08-12T08:14:25Z

<p>Cube: Added a basic definition and linked a few things. I do not think I did a very good job though, to be completely honest.</p> <hr /> <div>A device being &quot;[https://foundershield.com/insurance-terms/definition/bricking/#:~:text=Bricking%20is%20a%20term%20that,which%20renders%20the%20device%20useless. Bricked]&quot; means the device has been rendered entirely unusable. The act of &quot;Device Bricking&quot; is specifically a company-side action meant to prevent a consumer from using a device they purchased if they attempt to do anything that [https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-revises-user-agreement-and-if-you-break-it-nintendo-reserves-the-right-to-brick-your-switch#:~:text=You%20acknowledge%20that%20if%20you%20fail%20to%20comply%20with%20the%20foregoing%20restrictions%20Nintendo%20may%20render%20the%20Nintendo%20Account%20Services%20and/or%20the%20applicable%20Nintendo%20device%20permanently%20unusable%20in%20whole%20or%20in%20part.%22 goes against the terms of service the company sets] for their devices, seen from the release of the Switch 2 from [[Nintendo]]. The act is intended to prevent &quot;[https://www.techopedia.com/definition/10649/homebrew Homebrewed]&quot; devices from being created and to try to discourage piracy and hacking.</div>

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