[adrian_b]

It was not a bug, it was just another undocumented Apple feature.

However, when a company sells a device, as opposed to providing it for lease, I do not believe that it has the right to not document any feature of the device that is relevant for its usage, like it should also not have the right to impose any constraints on how the owner should use what has been bought.

Obviously, the owner of any kind of things may not use them to perform illegal acts, but that is a constraint imposed by the valid laws, not by the seller of the things.

Today, far too many companies claim to sell things, but they also attempt to control what the owner may do with them. I avoid to buy such things, but my choices are limited by those who buy them, allowing these policies to be beneficial for the sellers.

[charcircuit]

MacBooks are not designed to boot any OS other than macOS. Just because someone hacks one such that they get custom code running that doesn't mean all of that now becomes in scope for what is relevant for usage. Someone had to go above and beyond to hack the device to get another OS to run.

[streetfighter64]

I mean, do you expect a blender to come with instructions on how to replace the engine?

> I do not believe that it has the right to not document any feature of the device that is relevant for its usage.

This is an extremely broad requirement to place on any and all manufacturers. I agree companies shouldn't intentionally restrict what you can do with your stuff, but on the other hand, if you're trying to rebuild your lawn mower into a motorbike, you can't really be mad that the company didn't provide you with a specification the exact dimensions of the exhaust, can you?