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Which requires the purchase receipt. Good luck with that one.

• Gigachad 4y ago
  This is the same problem as the account security problem. If the original owner did not remove their account from the device, you can't contact them, and you don't have a receipt, you are indistinguishable from someone who stole the device. It's like buying a car from someone who doesn't have the keys for it or any paperwork. Sure, it's not quite common knowledge like buying a car yet, but it will be eventually.
  • RulerOf 4y ago
    >It's like buying a car from someone who doesn't have the keys for it or any paperwork. Sure, it's not quite common knowledge like buying a car yet, but it will be eventually. This is a really good point, but I'd like to counter with the observation that the anti-theft features of cars don't routinely brick products the way Apple does with activation lock.
    • csomar 4y ago
      Newer cars will only work with their official keys. My car is locked and if I lose my two keys, I’d need to go back to the mother company for another key. However, a car parts are not molded like an Apple laptop. Most of them can be sold for good value.