On: Bob Cassette Rewinder: Hacking Detergent DRM

[krageon]

> No one is designing these devices to break deliberately.

Except if you design something to break right after the warranty (or as close to it as you can get using the cheapest materials possible), that is what you are doing.

[gambiting → krageon]

But these two things really aren't the same. You could design something to definitely break after 2 years, or something that lasts at least two years.