i have to say that you're definitely not using the terms "100%" and "brick" in ways that agree with common usage
I've already said it's not technically "bricking", in that an update leaves a device inoperable. This is more like leaving it completely inoperable in some other way.
But this is from Revolv's own damned website:
What happens to my Revolv service?
As of May 15, 2016, Revolv service will no longer be available. The Revolv app won't open and the hub won't work.
When I say 100%, I mean it in the mathematically exact sense. The Revolv app won't open and the hub won't work.
Read that again, one more damned time: The Revolv app won't open and the hub won't work.
That's right, the hub will have ZERO functionality. It is a useless blob, with no function. It is, bricked.
Make absolutely no bones about it, unless you can give me a different fucking definition for this device will no longer function in an way shape or form, and refute the fact that the company themselves say on their own web site The Revolv app won't open and the hub won't work, then, please, do fucking tell me in which my usage of "100%" and "brick" fail to agree with common usage.
Unless you reverse engineer the entire infrastructure, reconfigure the hub to use your infrastructure, and build yourself a control mechanism, are you asserting a non-functioning item is still semantically, a functioning item?
Because Revolv themselves says in no uncertain terms that The Revolv app won't open and the hub won't work.
Nada. Zip. Dead. Finito. No more anything.
I'd call that, for all intents and purposes, bricked. Because the device you purchased is essentially a paper weight.
So, please, feel free to provide alternate facts, but don't just fucking claim I'm using the terms wrong, because if you can't offer anything beyond that, I don't give a shit.