[sudhirj]

It increases participation in the second hand market, actually. This only applies to Macs stolen / sold without a reset, so when I buy second hand I know the Mac wasn’t stolen, and I know there’s less incentive to steal this laptop because thieves can’t use it anyway.

[agloeregrets]

This! One of the biggest upsides. Apple goods were the gold prize for thiefs back a few years ago.

[AndrewGaspar]

Fair point!