Recyclers scrapping functioning M1 MacBooks due to activation block

[Jan]

Working second-hand MacBooks scrapped due to activation block

Apple MacBooks manufactured as recently as 2020 are being scrapped by recyclers due to the company's Activation Lock feature, Vice reports.

The Activation Lock makes it impossible to log in and factory reset second-hand T2 MacBooks — including M1 models — that retailed for as much as $3,000 (R51,500, excl. VAT) a few years ago.

 

[prod]

The problem is Apple’s T2 security chip. First introduced in 2018, the laptop makes it impossible for anyone who isn’t the original owner to log into the machine

Sounds like the perfect security to me!

 

[Crowley]

We can be so grateful that Apple started the retarded "no charger with your phone" idea to save e-waste.

It was to save e-waste, right?

 

[FaSMaN]

Seems Apple is winning the war against right to repair :/

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

Seems Apple is winning the war against right to repair :/

Why I will never buy Apple ...

You cannot repair, and almost impossible for most Fan Bois, to make it able to be passed on. Thereby forcing anyone that wants an Apple device to go out and but a brand spanking new one.

Just bought a new laptop, one of THE criteria for choosing which one, was the ability to replace the SSD, simply by loosening a screw, and pulling it out of the connector, inseting a new one, and replacing the screw.

 

[backstreetboy]

Beauty of Android. You can just wipe the device.

 

[CT_Biker]

After I’m done with my contract. Im selling all my Apple devices, going back to Linux.

 

[MentellusMaximus]

So it is working as designed.
Going to suck for anyone buying a stolen, or not properly decommissioned Mac.

What to do before you sell, give away, trade in or recycle your Mac - Apple Support (ZA)

Reset your Mac to factory settings to prepare it for a new owner.

support.apple.com

Edit: For backstreetboy who cannot read more than one line.

 

[backstreetboy]

So it is working as designed.
Going to suck for anyone buying a stolen Mac.

What to do before you sell, give away, trade in or recycle your Mac - Apple Support (ZA)

Reset your Mac to factory settings to prepare it for a new owner.

support.apple.com

Lol yeah no don't have to be stolen. Could be a damaged laptop that's easy to repair etc.

 

[MentellusMaximus]

Lol yeah no don't have to be stolen. Could be a damaged laptop that's easy to repair etc.

Thanks for informing me you cannot read more than one sentence in a post, will dumb it down for you next time.

 

[CT_Biker]

So it is working as designed.
Going to suck for anyone buying a stolen Mac.

What to do before you sell, give away, trade in or recycle your Mac - Apple Support (ZA)

Reset your Mac to factory settings to prepare it for a new owner.

support.apple.com

So it’s literally 1 step that’s bricking devices. Not cool.

 

[2025]

After I’m done with my contract. Im selling all my Apple devices, going back to Linux.

Yip, linux right now is in a very strong place. I'd even say better than both Windows and MacOS.

MacOS is better as it plays well battery/performance. Battery life and portability is unbeatable for the macbook air M1.

Windows is just dead last. Only install it if you want to play games.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

So it is working as designed.
Going to suck for anyone buying a stolen Mac.

What to do before you sell, give away, trade in or recycle your Mac - Apple Support (ZA)

Reset your Mac to factory settings to prepare it for a new owner.

support.apple.com

Going suck, just as hard, if your SSD glitches ...

 

[MentellusMaximus]

Going suck, just as hard, if your SSD glitches ...

That is true.

How many Macs in the article suffered from that?

 

[backstreetboy]

Thanks for informing me you cannot read more than one sentence in a post, will dumb it down for you next time.

Don't bother not going to bother reading any more of your posts.

 

[RedViking]

Thanks for informing me you cannot read more than one sentence in a post, will dumb it down for you next time.

apple users.
So emotional.

 

[CT_Biker]

Yip, linux right now is in a very strong place. I'd even say better than both Windows and MacOS.

MacOS is better as it plays well battery/performance. Battery life and portability is unbeatable for the macbook air M1.

Windows is just dead last. Only install it if you want to play games.

I actually moved to Mac for the hell of it. Sold my rig and and.

Mac is pretty powerful, but ethically, after being in that environment for some time now I’m not comfortable staying in the environment. So back to Linux, a desktop and a laptop

I’ve got about a year left on my current iP13 then I’ll flog it off and probably buy a second hand S21 and a watch.

 

[MentellusMaximus]

apple users.
So intolerant towards fools

Fixed.

 

[RedViking]

Fixed.

Now you bricked yourself.

 

[Polymathic]

The new Mac minis look tempting though