Activation locks send working Macbooks to the trash- Week in Repair

Apple's embrace of silicon-based activation locks for Macbooks is sending millions of fully functional devices to the landfill. Also: HBR digs into the 'what next' of right to repair laws.

Nearly new Macbooks headed to the trash because of activation lock

Barely used and fully functional Apple MacBooks, some as new as 3 years old, are being scrapped for parts and sent to landfills because of a security feature that makes the devices impossible to refurbish, according to John Bumstead (@RDKLInc), a repair professional who called attention t…