[GhettoMaestro]

Exactly. This brew-ha-ha is nothing. This is an anti-theft feature. Hard to argue against features designed to reduce the potential for someone to target it for theft.

As someone who has had both a smartphone and a laptop stolen, I would have loved to know that aside from my frustration with the insurance company that the thief walked away with 2 worthless bricks.

And no, right to repair should not ban user-initiated device activation locks.

[kps]

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brouhaha

[RHSeeger]

> This is an anti-theft feature. Hard to argue against features designed to reduce the potential for someone to target it for theft.

And a 9pm curfew for anyone not currently working would prevent a lot of bad behavior too. Also, it would be idiotic. Not all things that have _some_ good aspects are good things.