As someone who lives in what you could call a low-trust society (the opposite of a place like Japan or Singapore where property theft is incredibly rare & almost never violent) my impression was that iPhones/Macbooks were massive theft magnets prior to Apple's new locking approach. I'm all for recycling and can't wait for Framework to be available in my country etc., but I'm certain that the reduction in theft desirability of Apple tech due to this type of locking is actually saving lives by reducing violent crime interactions.
As far as I see there is also still a massive market here for second hand Apple tech despite these locks, people just follow the process to dissociate their accounts.
I'd even say that Apple laptops and phones go through more hands than others because of how long the software gets updated for. I still see iPhone 5S around and those just got an security update this week - maybe 10 years after introduction?
So this article feels quite clickbaity - trying to blow up one recycler's preference that bulk donations could skip these locks into a whole "Apple not doing enough to deal with e-waste" angle. Obviously every big company could do more on this front but I haven't heard of another device manufacturer putting as much recycled contents into new devices [1], running such a comprehensive global certified refurb program and finally keeping the software update cycles as long so the device doesn't need to be scrapped in the first place. The article should focus on the companies that are ditching thousands of perfectly good Macbooks without prepping them appropriately.
As far as I see there is also still a massive market here for second hand Apple tech despite these locks, people just follow the process to dissociate their accounts.
I'd even say that Apple laptops and phones go through more hands than others because of how long the software gets updated for. I still see iPhone 5S around and those just got an security update this week - maybe 10 years after introduction?
So this article feels quite clickbaity - trying to blow up one recycler's preference that bulk donations could skip these locks into a whole "Apple not doing enough to deal with e-waste" angle. Obviously every big company could do more on this front but I haven't heard of another device manufacturer putting as much recycled contents into new devices [1], running such a comprehensive global certified refurb program and finally keeping the software update cycles as long so the device doesn't need to be scrapped in the first place. The article should focus on the companies that are ditching thousands of perfectly good Macbooks without prepping them appropriately.
[1] https://www.macworld.com/article/229933/apple-sets-a-new-env...