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DIY tinkerer invents MacBook tool that breaks Apple’s repair locks
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Laws exist for everyday people like you and me, not for megacorps like Apple. Laws and regulations are just minor business expenses to them.
A fine is just an calculable price to do something wrong, businesses love them, from the classic study:
https://rady.ucsd.edu/_files/faculty-research/uri-gneezy/fine.pdf
Just keep adding zeroes until you get the desired outcome.
This is the correct answer. If the fine was $1000 for every time you picked your kid up late you can guarantee parents would never arrive late.
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