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**'''Discontinuation bricking,''' also known as '''Physical discontinuation bricking''' is a symptom of EOL where a product completely ceases functioning, likely because it is no longer reparable. | **'''Discontinuation bricking,''' also known as '''Physical discontinuation bricking''' is a symptom of EOL where a product completely ceases functioning, likely because it is no longer reparable. | ||
**'''Digital discontinuation bricking''' is a symptom of EOL where a product that depends on a network connection ceases functioning either because the company remotely shut down the product or shut down services the product depends upon. | **'''Digital discontinuation bricking''' is a symptom of EOL where a product that depends on a network connection ceases functioning either because the company remotely shut down the product or shut down services the product depends upon. | ||
*'''Kill-switch.''' A mechanism to render the device unusable, often done remotely and deliberately. | |||
==Overall impacts== | ==Overall impacts== | ||
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*'''EOL''' is less likely to be malicious as it actually does provide real benefits for companies; no one expects early 20th century cars to remain supported or in production in the 21st century. There is room for malicious EOL decisions with the intent to make consumers buy more products. | *'''EOL''' is less likely to be malicious as it actually does provide real benefits for companies; no one expects early 20th century cars to remain supported or in production in the 21st century. There is room for malicious EOL decisions with the intent to make consumers buy more products. | ||
**'''Discontinuation bricking''' is also less likely to be malicious as it can occur when a company goes out of business, but for when companies just decide to take the product offline entirely it is more questionable. There is definitely room for malicious bricking incidents to occur. | **'''Discontinuation bricking''' is also less likely to be malicious as it can occur when a company goes out of business, but for when companies just decide to take the product offline entirely it is more questionable. There is definitely room for malicious bricking incidents to occur. | ||
*'''Kill switch''' is a hardware mechanism is implemented on the device by the manufacturer. Which can be later "activated" often remotely by a software update. Should the condition met, the kill switch will trigger, render the hardware permanently unusable. | |||
It should also be noted that EOL products can fall into the category of planned obsolescence <u>if there is evidence to support the producer designed the product such that it would become obsolete</u>. | It should also be noted that EOL products can fall into the category of planned obsolescence <u>if there is evidence to support the producer designed the product such that it would become obsolete</u>. | ||
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*[[IPhone planned obsolescence incidencies|IPhone planned obsolescence incidences]] | *[[IPhone planned obsolescence incidencies|IPhone planned obsolescence incidences]] | ||
=== Kill switch === | |||
* [[Oneplus phone update introduces hardware anti-rollback]]. Smartphone with [[Qualcomm]] SoC have so-called eFuse than can be "blown" by software means. The switch is manufactured in a way that once the bit in the EEPROM is written. it can't be undone except replacing the mainboard. This machanism is used by [[OnePlus]] to hard brick smartphones that users attempted to install a third-party ROM on. | |||
===EOL repair blocking actions=== | ===EOL repair blocking actions=== | ||