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Yeah I disagree with that as well. Here is a much simpler story: When you install a blank motherboard, you need to key in the desired serial number. If you mak
by jabroni_salad 3y ago
Yeah I disagree with that as well. Here is a much simpler story:
When you install a blank motherboard, you need to key in the desired serial number. If you make a mistake, you are supposed to ask apple to re-ship a blank and you take an oopsie on your record.
Someone did the oopsie, but it validated so they either never noticed or didn't feel the need to call it in.
- josephcsible 3y ago> When you install a blank motherboard, you need to key in the desired serial number. If you make a mistake, you are supposed to ask apple to re-ship a blank Why is "you made a typo entering a serial number, so we're going to hard brick an expensive component" legal, especially in an age where politicians say they care about the environment?
- bzzzt 3y agoProbably because it's write once memory? (and tied into Apple validating the serial on activation for theft prevention). It's a repair process presumably done by a certified professional who should know there is no margin for error. I really can't imagine this kind of error causing more damage than, for example, users throwing full cups of coffee over their expensive laptops. Should we ban drinking coffee close to expensive laptops too then?
- josephcsible 3y agoMy complaint is that Apple went out of their way to make the process have no margin of error. Making it rewritable would have been less effort and less costly.