Correct. The issue is that Apple takes security systems designed as a defense against local attackers and uses them as a bulwark against their own customers.
Come to think of it, maybe that could be the basis of a right-to-repair law: companies which sell hardware products that restrict functionality or access to those who know some secret value must divulge those secrets to the device owner upon request at the time of purchase.
The only issue I can think of with a law like that is that it'd make DRM significantly less effective, though IMO that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Come to think of it, maybe that could be the basis of a right-to-repair law: companies which sell hardware products that restrict functionality or access to those who know some secret value must divulge those secrets to the device owner upon request at the time of purchase.
The only issue I can think of with a law like that is that it'd make DRM significantly less effective, though IMO that's not necessarily a bad thing.