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Comment · 3 years ago
I don't have it on a kill-a-watt even though I should. As the person below you said, it's like 1.5 to 2x power consumption vs a pi4 at idle (Under 10w), but that is still comically small amounts, about the same as a Google Nest Hub.
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I know, but I was noting that it isn't even any definition of half here.
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Is that what it is saying? "Apple: " aka "apple says"
Comment · 3 years ago
I always find these a little funny. "[Commonly held thought with some convenient tweaks] is WRONG...so use our stuff!"

Even open source projects are guilty of this type of grifting, everyone wants to win, even without money in the game.

Comment · 3 years ago
So does Apple, it’s all the same.
Comment · 3 years ago
Either is an upside. That’s a huge contract that any payment processor would kill for.
Comment · 3 years ago
This assumes Stripe is not outperforming expectations. .which seeing the Amazon deal....
Comment · 3 years ago
Yeah it also called black people an 'angry race' in one of mine, it's rather racist and careless internally, probably uninitional, looks like just one person's work and it can be funny at times.
Comment · 3 years ago
Fuschia powers the current, on sale, Nest Hub
Comment · 3 years ago
At component level, yeah no impossible but for general resale it wouldn't be too hard. I'm pretty sure the Face ID and Touch ID modules already do this.

You would need to add some general identifiers to parts with a GUID and at production/official repair time, register those parts to an iPhone S/N. If Activation locked, those parts would need to not be able to be registered to another iphone until the original device is unlocked, thus clearing those parts.

Comment · 3 years ago
> They might not be resold at full price, but even selling to a fence for parts is profitable if your acquisition cost is zero.

Apple has started blacklisting parts associated with locked iPhones. At this point the only reusable bit is the case and possibly battery. The display, Face ID, Touch sensor, and such are all bricked. Overall the reduction is massive in any form. There isn't a 100% effective solution but you can easily cut down on 90%.

Comment · 3 years ago
Nope. IT failure. Also, activation lock of a company device could easily be considered vandalism.
Comment · 3 years ago
Hahaha

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