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Apple's (AAPL) hacked iPhones turning to iBricks -- why would Apple do this?

OK Apple fans -- I've rolled up my sleeve and I'm ready, let's have it -- defend your Apple now and attack me. I know you will. And you know what? The funniest thing is that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is really fighting you, the die-hard fans. After all, it is the fans who could not live without an Apple product -- the iPhone -- and went and bought it despite not being an AT&T (NYSE: T) fan (much less a customer). It is those fans who bought the iPhone, worked hard to modify it so it would work with another carrier, but were left out to dry in the latest Apple software update with non-operational iPhones. Apple has launched an attack against its own fans, but for some reason they may still be mad at me for pointing it out, rather than at Apple.

Interestingly, the law, according to lawyers, actually supports Apple and "it seems abundantly clear that Apple is entirely within its right to refuse warranty service on unlocked iPhones." I wonder, though, if its within its right to purposely render them useless, as many think it has.

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