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Aloisius
on June 10, 2011
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Redditor Explains Why Apple Continue Making Frail ...
Just put the same kind of DRM they put in the cable on the other side to auth with the brick.
mahyarm
on June 11, 2011
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They already have that. It can cause problems when the DRM circuitry screws up inside the laptop and causes the brick or the laptop to refuse to charge. It just makes things more unreliable.
X-Istence
on June 11, 2011
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Verifying that something on the other end is an authorised part is not digital rights management and has nothing to do with it. It is simply lock-in.
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