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Re:Hetzner Apple Mac Mini Offering by schiederme on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @01:43PM (#28921066)
It requires a bunch of software development to get such a service running. In a Cloud way. Also you need to enroll them in an organization, so the user can not become rough and bind them to their private Apple ID and bricking it.

You could donate them to open source projects for improving their software (either physical or as a service).

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Re:Hetzner Apple Mac Mini Offering by jermaustin1 on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @02:26PM (#28921570)
> bind them to their private Apple ID and bricking it.

Would this actually brick them? Wouldn't a factory reset (how I've always re-imaged Macs) not wipe that out?

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Re:Hetzner Apple Mac Mini Offering by httpsterio on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @02:41PM (#28921763)
If the users manage to get the hardware banned from Apple dev tools, then it's as good as bricked in my opinion as it can't function in its' intended fashion and a factory reset doesn't help.
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Re:Hetzner Apple Mac Mini Offering by jermaustin1 on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @03:19PM (#28922399)
developer tools are linked to your iCloud. Why would apple ban them at the hardware level?
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