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Free Software Foundation (fsf@status.fsf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Oct-2018 14:52:18 UTC Free Software Foundation

Apple locks out independent repair by designing MacBook hardware and software to brick the machine if anyone else replaces the screen: https://u.fsf.org/2os
In conversation Wednesday, 10-Oct-2018 14:52:18 UTC from status.fsf.org at 42°21'30"N 71°3'35"W permalink
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1. Apple's New Proprietary Software Locks Will Kill Independent Repair on New MacBook Pros
  
  from Motherboard
  
  Failure to run Apple's proprietary diagnostic software after a repair "will result in an inoperative system and an incomplete repair."
- MMN-o ✅⃠ repeated this.

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