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Apple battery explosion and corporate fascism

The battery of Apple iPad had exploded in my backyard, like a terrorist's bomb in Kurdistan desert, filling the air with toxic smoke and acrid smell of burning chemicals. This was the end of the device I was never able to get any real use of (because of slowness and poor interface). It happened after I finally had lost all access to it when it suddenly, without any approval on my part, had "upgraded" and reset itself, permanently logging me out and preventing any further access, and Apple Co. had refused to give me access to the device I had paid for, not bothering with even as little as a reply to my request. Presenting BestBuy receipt for iPad purchase along with store purchase verification did not matter to them : they sell you devices  they can block your access to at any time, no matter how many hundreds of dollars you had paid for them, and will refuse reinstate your access for no reason, without explanation, though the real reason would be them feeling you're