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Apple's New Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repair on New MacBook Pros
From: "Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 10:08:44 +0900
Begin forwarded message: From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org> Subject: Apple's New Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repair on New MacBook Pros Date: October 5, 2018 9:55:25 JST To: infowarrior list <infowarrior () attrition org> Cc: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Apple's New Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repair on New MacBook Pros by Jason Koebler Oct 4 2018, 6:43pm Failure to run Apple's proprietary diagnostic software after a repair "will result in an inoperative system and an incomplete repair." < - > This is a repair model that is similar to that used by John Deere and auto manufacturers, who often prevent owners from repairing their own tractors or cars without specific diagnostic codes or software that allow a replacement part to connect with the rest of the device. < - > https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/yw9qk7/macbook-pro-software-locks-prevent-independent-repair
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