Anti-theft features aren't anything to do with remote attestation, and this feature does not stop recycling the devices, it just means that only Apple can recycle them. Which would likely be true anyway due to how integrated the components are.
> Anti-theft features aren't anything to do with remote attestation, and this feature does not stop recycling the devices
Activation Lock relies on a remote attestation mechanism. It will not unlock without a connection to Apple's servers and can't be bypassed on the device.
>it just means that only Apple can recycle them.
Which would be a problem
>Which would likely be true anyway due to how integrated the components are.
You don't need Apple to melt down gold