Indeed, this level of security is mostly needed for a very small percent of the user base, those concerned with being spyed upon.
That doesn't mean it shouldn't be address, but then repairability concerns many more people directly (and their pocket). There were other ways to achieve the same goal if it was solely for privacy.
For the people who need that security, it's often over something that could get them physically harmed or even killed. For example, there are a lot of places where simply being part of a homosexual relationship could mean death if discovered.
I don't mind paying a little bit more if it means people living under certain regimes have a better chance at survival.
People in this thread have repeatedly explained how the data could be wiped when regenerating the security keys. So Apple isn’t doing anything here but controlling everything to effectively lock out third party repairs.
But sure if they really want to remove all competition for security reasons, they could certainly show good faith by doing all repairs entirely at cost thereby removing any profit motive.
Then I wasn't clear enough because it's all linked together for me. The UEFI mention was not just for a commentary, but to back the discussion on the monopoly.
And I think you missed some conclusions I drew from all this that I don't recall reading anywhere else.
Well, if you're the author, it will be weird if it didn't made sense to you. The argument I'm making isn't that all this information is out of place, as indeed they all link together, but that many of those (specifically the things I mentioned) apply to every manufacturer. So it's kinda strange when the subject is about Lenovo and read all those which aren't specific to Lenovo.
Yes they apply to the others as well, but also to them, and fact is it's Lenovo machines I bought. And for once the lesson is not directed at Apple. But I understand it can be disconcerting.
I should probably try to rework this generic part into its own article someday.
Ah, thanks so much! I was under the impression nobody got my point. Maybe because it was written under stress and emotion, or it's missing some arguments, I don't know.
Thank you so much for writing it. I could feel your pain, and it was really liberating for me to read it. Often i feel very disconnected from people's seemingly pleasant experiences with modern hardware, it's always reassuring to read other people's detailed thoughts and feelings about why everything is wrong and broken.
