Apple are absolute dicks about privacy. My Mom died, and I inherited her iPhone, which I discovered had Activation Lock… after I'd blanked it and installed a ne

Apple are absolute dicks about privacy. My Mom died, and I inherited her iPhone, which I discovered had Activation Lock… after I'd blanked it and installed a new OS. Grovelled all over the internet trying to work out if there was a legitimate way to unlock the thing. Lots of probably scams out there but nothing plausible. Turns out there was: in her papers, there was her account information, and I could log onto her AppleID and release the phone the way she would have if she'd known what was going to happen to her (she passed unexpectedly, with no real warning). Without that, I would have inherited a brick, and I'm not sure even the government would have been able to get in. From all accounts, if you try and plead with Apple you get nowhere. I've got personal info on my iPhone, now that I unlocked it and installed my own identity on it. I'm quite happy to continue using iPhones. If it costs more to have them monetized the old fashioned way, by charging me vast sums to get the device, that seems fair. It seems the alternative is to try to monetize ME in any way possible, and I don't trust any of these megacorporations too much.