M1 feels like a stepping stone in the same direction on laptops.
Personally it feels wrong to pay for a device someone can lock you out of and then refuse to unlock. It's like paying ransom without getting kidnapped.
You will be happy if apple bricks your M1 laptop if you forgot the password due to any reason. What happened to spirit of HN culture?
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204306
and Apple isn’t changing anything about how M1 Macs are secured over other Macs, and certainly not bricking them for lost passwords.
It is somewhat difficult to lock your own device so that you cannot factory reset it. You wouldn't just have to lose the passcode, you would also need to lose the credentials to your iCloud account as well as your purchase receipt for the phone. Then you become indistinguishable from a thief.
I am okay with Apple's choice on this, as I prefer the security and the theft deterrence. I keep several methods for recovering my iCloud account, and I keep the receipt for my expensive devices.
Does activation lock even apply to Macbooks?
Well this can happen to non tech savvy users like my wife who configured their device once and then just used it for couple of years until the day of the incident.
> I am okay with Apple's choice on this, as I prefer the security and the theft deterrence. I keep several methods for recovering my iCloud account, and I keep the receipt for my expensive devices.
This would mean market for stolen iDevices should not exist?
> Does activation lock even apply to Macbooks?
Not yet but it might once M1 becomes ubiquitous.
I have never managed to go anywhere near that long without being prompted for my iCloud password for one reason or another. And if you did lose the password, you could use password recovery to get it back.
It really seems like a contrived example.
Blaming Apple for “locking you out” when you were the one who locked the door and lost the key is silly.