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The interesting part about all of this to me is that this has been no-win for Apple. When they didn't have measures like this on the iPhone and Mac, they were
by mlyle 4y ago
The interesting part about all of this to me is that this has been no-win for Apple.
When they didn't have measures like this on the iPhone and Mac, they were lambasted by local police and DAs for not doing anything about theft.
Now they have it, and it's causing otherwise useful devices to be rendered useless. There's going to have to be a very finely-crafted compromise to be usable, enable reselling when the original owner has forgotten or is unable to do things, and prevents theft. They've made some strides towards this but cases where MDM devices are liquidated but not de-enrolled are still problematic.
- bakugo 4y ago> they were lambasted by local police and DAs for not doing anything about theft. No, they weren't, they just want you to think they were. They're not special vs other computer manufacturers in this context. > and it's causing otherwise useful devices to be rendered useless This is a win for them. They don't want you reselling devices, they want you to throw your old devices in the trash and buy brand new ones.
- judge2020 4y agohttps://www.macrumors.com/2013/06/13/state-and-city-officials-to-investigate-anti-theft-practices-of-cellphone-makers-following-summit/ https://www.macrumors.com/2013/06/13/state-and-city-official...
- mlyle 4y agoI still remember the NPR interviews with SF police, district attorneys, etc. It was a massive campaign by New York City, SF, and other officials in the media to say Apple was not doing enough about theft and it was causing petty and violent crime. https://www.theverge.com/2013/5/13/4326690/new-york-smartphone-thefts-apple-google-microsoft https://www.theverge.com/2013/5/13/4326690/new-york-smartpho...
- Dylan16807 4y agoThat's not no-win. There's plenty of praise going around when the system works. "win" can't be zero criticism, that's way too high of a bar.