New Apple MacBook Pros prevented from non-Apple Independent Repair

https://twitter.com/jason_koebler/status/1047980723293093890

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/yw9qk7/macbook-pro-software-locks-prevent-independent-repair

Failure to run Apple’s proprietary diagnostic software after a repair “will result in an inoperative system and an incomplete repair.”