alt Hacker NewsThat’s all true, but it is also true that iPhone theft is relatively rare.
My assertion is that there would be way, way more theft if you could just downgrade and wipe.
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gambiting • yesterday at 5:07 PM
Is it? Do you have any data to back this up?
Because a quick search for UK statistic shows that even though iPhones are minority of phones over here they are the overwhelmingly majority of all phone theft:
https://www.loveitcoverit.com/news/changing-world/mobile-pho...
"In terms of smartphone models, the data also indicates who might be most at risk. Looking at the entirety of the UK, 68.6% of stolen phones are iPhones."
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It’s rare in the US and very common in London