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Apple is closing three US stores, including the first to unionize (www.engadget.com)
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[โ€“] greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

And that's where the T2 chip keeps its firmware so when the soldered-on storage goes bad, the whole computer can't boot and must go directly in the ewaste..

I hate it so damn much.

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[โ€“] AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 hours ago

yep! I mean soldered ssds are 100% replacable. it sucks and is expensive, but definitely doable with the right tools. but then they pair them with the t2 and underfill them trying to prevent exactly that