[prostoalex]

Is there a precedent of someone buying a closed-source product, suing for being unable to update it, winning the case in court and being awarded damages?

[gatmne]

Hopefully, this would be it. But rather than damages, the courts would rule that access to one's own device is protected by a fundamental right.

[prostoalex]

If this wasn’t hashed out in a much cheaper lawsuit with a smaller target (e.g., someone suing a remote-controlled toy car manufacturer for inability to update firmware on consumer end), chances of this being fought for precedent sake against Intel ($200+ billion market cap, $17 billion in the bank account alone), which hires lawyers by the dozen, are pretty slim.