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Whenever apple decides to shutdown the service that activates this hardware, many of these wiped computers will no longer be operational which won’t be great f
by CyberRabbi 6y ago
Whenever apple decides to shutdown the service that activates this hardware, many of these wiped computers will no longer be operational which won’t be great for future retro computer collectors and computer historians. Lots of ppl still run their Commodore 64, amigas, and even original Macs. JCS is even doing a whole video series on programming on the original Mac.
- userbinator 6y agoIt doesn't even have to be old enough to qualify as "retro"; it gives Apple enough power to basically remotely kill off its products at any time. They are already hostile enough to right-to-repair and third-party replacements as it is.
- CyberRabbi 6y agoYea I agree, retro is a subjective term. Just meant in the context of computer collectors. A lot of apples latest computers lack the “collectibility” factor, they feel like total junk scrap in 10 years. Which is especially interesting because they usually do such a good job of making their new computers seem like holy grail immaculate gems. I distinctly remember the first intel MacBooks looking very high end and high tech, now they look like total garbage.
- davesmylie 6y agoThis is the real story here. There's already tons of instances of devices becoming worthless because some remote service coming to an end. (Like all remote services eventually must). There should be more regulations around this
- floatboth 6y agoBy the time Apple decides to shut it down (this would be like the end of the Mac era completely) there should be enough jailbreaks and hardware exploits to make the machines usable again.
- nix23 6y ago>Commodore 64 Yes two years ago i was visiting a wood-workshop, the cnc machine was powered by a C64 in production since 30 years, just the power-brick had to be exchanged 2 times ;)