This world is such a terribly wasteful place...
There's a video going around of an iMac being through into a pile or ewaste and setting off a chain reaction of iMac like dominoes.
Outdated policies prevent working PCs or parts from being donated to institutions who may have ZERO equipment.
These could have been used as media players, for educational games, or to teach others how to repair electronics. 👎 Ugh
Link to video: https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/1683979879065214976
@kirb @mac84tv I think MDM and activation lock should have a timeout at the five year mark. Once the machine is old enough that it's not really worth that much anymore, allow someone physically present to wipe it and remove it from MDM.
It wouldn't be hard for Apple to implement, and would give these machines a possible second life.
THAT SAID, these Macs don't support being activation locked; they're too old. They're being trashed for no good reason.
@zorinlynx Yep, it would be great - their process already securely wipes data on the system.
But all they care about is selling new systems. Until the right pressure gets put on them, they have no reason to consider such a program.
@mac84tv I think regulation is the way to go. It’s not a whole lot that’s being asked either.
I understand the locking thing, as a theft thing. But why couldn’t Apple themselves open them and sell them? Just donate any profits to environmental charities.
If they don’t want to keep supporting old MacOS with patches, how about a law that says you have to either support hardware or release the specs?
Also any product a company make, the should be responsible to recycle.
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