"But if, like the majority of people, you don't know what you're doing, then they have effectively destroyed your device."
If you are stupid, and a thief, that's your problem. You should go to the crooks that sold you the fraudlent equipment, since the legitimate owner owes you nothing.
Re: Re: counterfeit electronics are the real problem
They do if they say so in their license agreement.
Whether they do or not I do not know.
Re: Re: Re: counterfeit electronics are the real problem
"But if, like the majority of people, you don't know what you're doing, then they have effectively destroyed your device."
If you are stupid, and a thief, that's your problem.
You should go to the crooks that sold you the fraudlent equipment, since the legitimate owner owes you nothing.
Re: Where are these chips used?
So what?
If important services buy defective devices, that is their fault for doing so in the first place.
Re: Re:
If it doesn't work take it back to whoever sold it to you.
Don't ask someone who did not sell you anything to help you out.
Re: Re:
Yes, you own it.
You don't have any right to demand support from someone who did not make it.
Re: Re: Yet another reason
It is not "make it stop functioning".
They have no obligation to support something they did not make.