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'''Discontinuation bricking''' occurs when a product is ~~renderered~~ 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 ~~substiture~~ those services with alternative and/or [[self-hosted]] solutions. End-of-life for a ~~produt~~ does not require the product be bricked.

'''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.

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==Impact to consumer rights==

Discontinuation bricking, similarly to [[planned obsolescence]], harms the consumer by making a product they paid for stop functioning, resulting to loss of ownership of said product, as functionality is stripped from it.

Discontinuation bricking, similarly to [[planned obsolescence]], harms the consumer by making a product they paid for to stop functioning, resulting to loss of ownership of said product, as functionality is stripped from it.

===Dependence on third-party bypasses===

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-'''Discontinuation bricking''' occurs when a product is renderered 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 substiture those services with alternative and/or [[self-hosted]] solutions. End-of-life for a produt does not require the product be bricked.
+'''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.
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 ==Impact to consumer rights==
-Discontinuation bricking, similarly to [[planned obsolescence]], harms the consumer by making a product they paid for stop functioning, resulting to loss of ownership of said product, as functionality is stripped from it.
+Discontinuation bricking, similarly to [[planned obsolescence]], harms the consumer by making a product they paid for to stop functioning, resulting to loss of ownership of said product, as functionality is stripped from it.
 ===Dependence on third-party bypasses===