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Re:Apple's Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repai... by saagarjha on Friday October 05, 2018 @03:42AM (#18146406)
Doesn’t Apple provide loaner devices during repairs?
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Re:Apple's Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repai... by xuki on Friday October 05, 2018 @04:29AM (#18146595)
No. But you can usually order a new one and return when the repair is finished.
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Re:Apple's Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repai... by FabHK on Friday October 05, 2018 @05:44AM (#18146847)
AFAIK, only if you sign up for their "Joint Venture" business program. In HK, it's HKD 3838 a year (about USD 500).

EDIT to add: my 2016 MBP is so bad that I'm seriously considering joining that program.

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Re:Apple's Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repai... by ollie87 on Friday October 05, 2018 @10:26AM (#18148345)
I've managed it in the past, but only after emailing Tim Cook. Someone picked it up and sorted it.

Was an older Unibody MacBook Pro with a factory SSD, used to randomly decide to delete all the data on it every couple of months. In the end they replaced the entire machine with a newer model.

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Re:Apple's Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repai... by crooked-v on Friday October 05, 2018 @04:28AM (#18146594)
No.
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