I don't like this practice, and it's one of the primary reasons I'm not buying a Switch 2, but his console wasn't bricked, it was just banned from playing online. And don't trot out that tired old "effectively bricked" line, words have meanings, and the words you said do not mean what happened.
If someone bought it for online play specifically, then there is no difference between being banned from playing online and the console not turning on. You're just nitpicking on the meaning, but we know what happened.
