Editing Discontinuation bricking (section)

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'''Discontinuation bricking''' occurs when a product is rendered no longer functional ("bricked") because the manufacturer has decided to discontinue it. Discontinuation bricking almost exclusively occurs in products that require a connection to a remote server hosted by the producer. The product may become bricked if the company decides to shut down services or if the company goes out of business entirely, while not allowing the consumer to substitute those services with alternative and/or [[self-hosted]] solutions. End-of-life for a product does not require the product to be bricked.

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="margin: auto;"
|+End-of-Life compared to bricking
!
!EOL
!Soft brick
!Discontinuation bricking
|-
|Device boots
|yes
|yes
|sometimes
|-
|Basic functionality
|yes
|sometimes
|no
|-
|Software updates
|sometimes
|no
|no
|}<!-- Please expand chart  -->