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A good definition of bricked is "software update rendered the computer unusable for the user".


Indeed. Or two be even more precise, renders the computer functionally equivalent to a brick.


I think the caused-by-software part is key.

The Sonos "recycle mode" bricks the device. If same effect is produced by a bad capacitor (rather than a deliberately-blown efuse), it's just broken.




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