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That's a feature, not a bug https://techcrunch.com/2015/02/11/apples-activation-lock-lea...

The tradeoff is very reasonable: People need to actively engage in the process of relinquishing control over a device that's essentially become an extension of the mind

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When said "extension of the mind" is wiped, there's nothing left to lose but monetary value. I agree this was an anti-theft tactic, but in my opinion it does more harm than good given the amount of people that will forget their credentials, throw/give it away without decoupling it, servers that will shut down in the long run (rendering the devices inoperable), and etc.

Even if it's wiped?

The idea is that ownership needs to be transferred in a structured and conscious way. A factory reset is not an ownership transfer and Apple are not keeping those operations separate.

These are expensive devices and theft happens.

A reasonable solution would be to have a "Do you want to disassociate this phone from your iCloud account?" prompt as part of the factory reset.

I thought this was the case already?

On the Samsung J5 2017 you need to delete the Google accounts before resetting.I haven't tested FRP on anything newer.

It is. iOS prompts to remove the Find My setting (iCloud Lock) when you use the Erase everything prompt. Requires entering your Apple ID password.

This already happens.

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