Google Follows Samsung, Asserts the Right to Steal Your Phone [video]

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> YOU ACKNOWLEDGE, WARRANT, AND AGREE THAT:

> 4. Unauthorized Parts: You will not send in a Device containing non-Google-authorized parts – if You do, Your Device will not be returned to you.

https://store.google.com/intl/ALL_us/about/device-repair/

Can you imagine your car dealer saying the same thing?

Back in the 90's, VW cancelled a friend's warranty after the service center found he had replaced his valve stem caps with ones that matched the color of his car's paint. So yes, I can imagine.

Still, canceled warrantee is a far cry from confiscation!

That "far cry" depends on just how much warranty work the VW needed. And if VW had to settle for valve stem caps, then they may have been feeling lot$$$$ of motivation to find something.

(Yes, I owned a VW once. Never again.)

that makes those "you wouldn't download a car" memes even funnier

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