[lovich]

The refurbished probably shouldn’t purchase those machines then if it’s a known issue. There’s a tradeoff here, and needing the owner to run a command to reset the machine seems preferable to having them be valuable if stolen

[benj111]

If it's a known issue? Or if it's a potential issue?

All that will happen is that the second hand value of Apple devices will go down, because recyclers will assume X % are basically scrap.

[lovich]

They’re talking about it to the reporters? How is it not a known issue at this point?

[benj111]

No I mean if you buy 100 macbooks some will be locked and essentially worthless.

In that case the value of the entire batch will be lower.

So yes it's a known issue. But for each individual MacBook, it's a potential issue.