Apple taken to court by Australia over alleged iPhone ‘bricking’

‘Australia’s consumer watchdog has sued tech giant Apple alleging the company used a software update to disable iPhones which had cracked screens fixed by third parties.
According to the court filing, Apple ‘bricked’ or disabled with a software update hundreds of smartphones and tablet devices. It then refused to unlock them because customers had the devices serviced by “unauthorized repairers.”
“Consumer guarantee rights under Australian Consumer Law exist independently of any manufacturer’s warranty and are not extinguished simply because a consumer has goods repaired by a third party,” said Rod Sims, chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).’
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