[cobertos]

But doesn't Apple explicitly disavow secondary sales?

No way would they unlock a device like this for your relative. It's odd that they won't unlock it even for the original owner. In what cases do they even plan to unlock these devices?

[exitb]

> But doesn't Apple explicitly disavow secondary sales?

On the contrary, they even have a page explaining how to prepare the device for ownership transfer: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201065

[kaba0]

> But doesn't Apple explicitly disavow secondary sales?

How would or could they? Apple devices have the biggest second-hand market.

[cobertos]

They can't prevent it, but they can certainly disavow it. By explicitly saying they don't support it or by making it harder to sell to the next person like region-locked or console-locked media.

I guess I'm surprised they don't! As the other commenter points out they have a page dedicated to this. I conflated their stance on secondary sales with their hardware and software self-service hostility.

[ddingus]

Doing that is illegal in the US.

Right of first sale applies here.

[ddingus]

They can't really do that in the US at least. Right of first sale doctrine applies.