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Re:FTC Warns It Is Illegal to Condition Warranty on Use of S... by deckar01 on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @12:58PM (#16813107)
The first warranty I checked had clear violations.

> 4.1.1 Exclusions. Customer has no warranty rights with respect to defects or non-conformities caused by (i) use of the Products with hardware or software that Company has not specified as suitable; ... (v) installation or maintenance of Products by someone other than Company; ...

https://www.seagate.com/css/terms-us/hardware-sales-terms/

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Re:FTC Warns It Is Illegal to Condition Warranty on Use of S... by mindB on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @01:28PM (#16813398)
That's not a violation. It specifically says "caused by". If it said something like "Customer has no warranty rights wrt defects or non-conformities if they've used the product with hardware or software...", then that would be an actual violation.
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