Apple's New Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repair on New MacBook Pros

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> 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>
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> Apple's New Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repair on New MacBook Pros
> by Jason Koebler
> Oct 4 2018, 6:43pm
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> Failure to run Apple's proprietary diagnostic software after a repair "will result in an inoperative system and an 
> incomplete repair."
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> 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.
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> https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/yw9qk7/macbook-pro-software-locks-prevent-independent-repair




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