[vetinari]

Apple users use external (USB, Thunderbolt) drives too, where they would not get this special hypothetical protection.

[justinjlynn]

Clearly telegraphing Apple's intent to release new "Apple approved (and licensed)" storage "accessories" for their systems.

[cmurf]

That'd just be going back to their historical roots. You used to only be able to buy Apple RAM and Apple drives. All parts were Apple parts, there wasn't anything else.

And look, we're already back to, you can only get RAM from Apple, because so many of their products come with it soldered on the logic board with no upgrade path.

[tedd4u]

Maybe, but isn't the recent trend at Apple to discontinue desktop-only accessories (like monitors)?

https://9to5mac.com/2016/11/21/apple-reportedly-stops-develo...

https://www.theverge.com/2016/6/23/12020510/apple-thunderbol...

[Analemma_]

At the recent Mac Pro announcement, they also said there would be a new Apple-branded monitor, so they're not out of that game completely.

[zeveb]

It's courage!

[toyg]

Lock-in all the things!

[justinjlynn]

Indeed, sure would be a shame for anything to happen to your data because you chose not to use drives equipped with iStoreSafe(tm) technology by Apple(tm).

[kevin_thibedeau]

Brings back the days when Mac users were paying a 3x markup for standard SCSI drives.