As long as consumers have some reasonable idea of what they are buying, warranty or not, this shouldn't be a problem. If you are going to spend money for something, read the reviews and what sort of testing has been done and comments from users.
The US legal system allows an enormous amount of frivolous cases to be heard as if they had merit. Million dollar lawsuits over a $200 piece of software that has an unintentional bug is insane (intentional bugs or viruses are different). If it wipes valuable data that there is no backup for, whose fault is that? The people not smart enough to backup their data properly. Tort reform is crucial to the IT industry and most other areas of life.
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As long as consumers have some reasonable idea of what they are buying, warranty or not, this shouldn't be a problem. If you are going to spend money for something, read the reviews and what sort of testing has been done and comments from users. The US legal system allows an enormous amount of frivolous cases to be heard as if they had merit. Million dollar lawsuits over a $200 piece of software that has an unintentional bug is insane (intentional bugs or viruses are different). If it wipes valuable data that there is no backup for, whose fault is that? The people not smart enough to backup their data properly. Tort reform is crucial to the IT industry and most other areas of life.