I may be way off here, and not know my sh#t like I probably should, but under that new ruling, wouldn't Moto HAVE to release that update at least via a down-loadable package to conform? We now have the "official" right to hack our devices without worries of vendor ramifications, no? I swear that ruling just recently came down and/or went into effect. If anyone can provide accurate info on this issue, please post. Like I said, I may be way off - but dag nabbit, I know I saw something to that effect. Just to darn lazy to research it at the moment...
This might be a useful metaphor for you. It is not illegal to drive your monster truck over your Droid X. Any court in the land would summarily dismiss any suit that sought to penalize you for pulverizing your $600 phone. You have the right to destroy your own property, as long as you're endangering your neighbors in the process.
It is not
illegal to destroy your Droid X. The courts decision is that neither is it
illegal to tinker with the software. But nowhere does it say that the manufacturer (or anyone else) is responsible for undoing the damage you do by a) driving over your phone with a huge pickup or b) making a dog's dinner out of your phone's OS.
They may choose to help you as an act of kindness to induce you continue doing business with them, or they may determine that you are one of that class of customer that is not only not worth having, but an actual drain on the company's profitability.
Think about that... you sell a million or two devices, and 10,000 or so (1%) of your customers, through technical over-exuberance, decides to fubar their phone. Now you can choose to loose money on that 1% by finding a "fix" for their problem, or you can ignore them, knowing that they will a) do it again at the first opportunity and/or b) left to their own devices, find a way to fix it themselves. These are business decisions, not technical ones. More and more often, businesses are choosing to choose their customers more carefully, because doing so earns them better profits and requires enormously less effort. That is what business schools are teaching today. Jettison the dead weight, matey.
So if you're going to tinker, and I love to tinker, accept the risk. If you don't have the heart to accept the risk, learn to be happy with the product as provided.
