[flangola7]

This is disgusting and should be illegal. There's no morally sound justification for this.

[Toutouxc]

I don't know, I kind of get the security and theft deterrent angle. It's even something I'm willing to pay extra for — I mean, a phone is not a toaster, there's lots of important personal and work stuff on the phone, passwords, documents. None of my Apple devices has ever had to be repaired, but if something happens to my iPhone's Face ID camera tomorrow, I'm heading straight to an authorized shop, no way I'm letting some shopping mall booth tech take chances with something this important.

[baq]

Actually there are plenty. Look at second hand car parts market and ask yourself how many of them come from stolen carts which are dismembered and packed in boxes the night they're stolen.

iPhones are the same. There's a whole phishing industry to get people to unlock stolen iphones just so they can be wiped and resold.

[originalvichy]

I guess you live in a country with lower amounts of theft