Beware the claw: Do you want to win the bunny or reboot Android?

Today's victim of the bork fairy is a claw machine that even Android seems to have rejected for its alleged unfairness. And Google, as we all know, is all about fairness.

Eagle-eyed Register reader Scott spotted the stricken machine in an arcade adjacent to a roller rink, a place our reader visited with a friend and described as "something my currently bruised body reminds me I hadn't done for about 20 years."

We assume they were talking about roller-skating, and not the exertions of accompanying their pal.

The machine itself is a recent iteration of the infamous claw machine, which has spent a century emptying players' pockets in exchange for frustration and the very occasional reward of tat. Infamously, the devices are sometimes rigged so the claw's strength varies between turns, and in several parts of the world, gambling laws cover the machines.

However, the only gambling to be done here is on whether or not Android will boot. …