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Re:Apple’s Activation Lock Will Make It Difficult to Refurbi... by qxnqd on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @01:02PM (#21704890)
Most components aren't affected by activation lock, on iphones or on macs. You can still reuse many things that are in demand, like the screen, the speakers, the buttons, the cameras, and so on. It will be the same with macs. THey will throw away the motherboard and sell the rest. Still profitable.
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Re:Apple’s Activation Lock Will Make It Difficult to Refurbi... by gargravarr on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @01:28PM (#21705272)
Not any more:

https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/12/18077166/apple-macbook-a...

"The parts affected, according to the document, are the display assembly, logic board, top case, and Touch ID board for the MacBook Pro, and the logic board and flash storage on the iMac Pro."

That doesn't leave much salvageable.

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Re:Apple’s Activation Lock Will Make It Difficult to Refurbi... by Scoundreller on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @01:52PM (#21705583)
As someone that has parted out his and hers old MacBook Airs to fund their new ones, can confirm.

It was surprising how much value the old parts had.

Sad that old units with a broken X will just be scrapped because Apple will wants $hundreds for any of its specialized parts.

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