With hardware SO cheap, and the amount of RAM or disk space these take up it would be self destructive for Apple to ostracize so many customers over something that is literally dirt cheap to accommodate.
Yeah sure burn more customer goodwill after the last batch of MacBook Pro's... Apple is in customer maintenance mode, Tim Cook especially, technically this might make sense ,just be prepared for customer backlash at a time when Apple really doesnt need anymore of that.
