[Nifty3929]

I think the point is not (just) data protection, but also to discourage theft by making them useless if stolen.

Apple is doing the right thing here.

This might be avoided if our justice system was willing and able to go after these thieves, despite their relatively low-value crimes.

[thefz]

So again, it's not the mega corporation that is greedy, it's the poor. Wow!

[guimplen]

It's no "the poor" its the thieves. Are you insinuating that all poor people are thieves?

[thefz]

No. But most thieves steal because of their financial situation, I would guess.

[tomjen3]

Most theives are poor, but most crime is committed by a very small number of people who are opportunitiest. Remove the oppertunity and you remove the criminal.