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Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org ("Mike :nixos:") wrote:

Another reason to hate #Apple We're seeing more 2018+ MacBook Pro/Air donations — but Apple's T2 chip means even after iCloud sign-out and reset, the firmware stays locked to the original account.

Without donor contact, these machines are useless. :(

I've upcycled ~1,000 older Macs, but T2 era machines will end that. It's controlling, creates e-waste, and will only get worse. #righttorepair matters — Apple couldn't care less.

Stack of t2 era macbooks all locked