Honestly, I just remembered about that whole garbage with the John Deere farm equipment having the subscription service that locks your tractor if you don't pay. I know it's not the same but the issue DOES reach further than Apple or Google.

What's embarrassing is how much of a stranglehold corporations have on policy. Repair shops aren't anything new, but the whole concept of planned obsolescence and intentionally blocking tech features if identical replacement parts are used (though it's been purported this has since been changed) and creating new chargers specific to just one product... there's so much we let tech giants get away with because everyone buys their goods. It IS embarrassing, but we've been on this track for a while.

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It looks like you're going to have to take down the McDonald's suhrvurrr