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Conspiracy theory: creating new bugs they can always fix later is a good source of continued employment.

That is absolutely a thing [1]. There are hardware devices that can be fixed illegally fixed using 3rd party software for this reason. The people making a work around to the scam then get sued. The video is worth a watch in my opinion. It was created 3 years ago and the problem is still ongoing.

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrDEtSlqJC4 [video][29min]




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