@ottaross Still, I don’t think the lock feature itself is villainous. Would be nice if they could do something for locked donations though, at least if the owner it’s locked to can be contacted.

@ottaross Yeah, they fall down on a lot of things lately

@codemonkeymike @ottaross But I *love* that thieves are disincentivized, just like with iPhones.

If I understand, you need the original user to remove the lock before donating, but they don’t know? I wonder if Apple could build in a feature like “contact this locked machine’s registered account holder and ask if they’re really done with it”. Then I could approve if I really donated/sold it, or click “absolutely not, brick it forever w/o my password” if I didn’t. (Hmm, how could that be abused?)