@yogthos my first experience with Mac hardware were a pair of G4 PowerMacs my college professor gave me. As old as they were at the time I was surprised by features that PC wouldn't have for years. Apple are shooting themselves in the foot doing this as they would grow their user base if they would open up old hardware.

.@yogthos meanwhile, my 10 years old Lenovo x230 works like new.

@yogthos This article like most is sensationalized and purposefully avoids telling the whole story. Never mentioned: none of the downsides mention happen if the first user or institutions signs out before selling it.

@yogthos this is so sad and unnecessary.

@yogthos
Isn't that a feature?

@yogthos this sounds like a great use for @th 's Thunderstrike! https://trmm.net/Thunderstrike/

@yogthos i much prefer this article with 100% less sensationalization. https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/01/24/right-to-repair-advocate-urges-apple-to-let-resellers-bypass-security-protocols

@yogthos

Apple could unlock these.

They won't, because they can't verify the chain of ownership. You can't give 3rd parties the ability to unlock a laptop. That immediately renders useless the protections that macOS features like FileVault provide.

If there were a trusted way of doing an unlock, that would be great.

Blockchain? Maybe. But, I don't want my stolen laptop's data being available to thieves, so until a process is workable, to the scrapyard these laptops go...