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Now serious... first company with $2T valuation. Investors should be satisfied somehow.
I'm long time Apple user and fan. But their latest products are went to other direction are too fragile. Previous generations was undying!
I don't see a problem with this. Lunar retro reflector is $1000 part but replacing it would cost the same as new lunar mission. Macbooks are made in factories mostly by robots in large volume. Replacing part requires hard specialized manual labor and doesn't scale. Thirdly, they are only asking for what people are willing to pay. My latest computer cost €205.
The cost of repair is calculated to be just below, or at, the cost of replacement. It's unusual, but not unheard-of, to have it more than the cost of replacement.
I've encountered this with TVs, phones, VCRs, stereos, non-Apple computers, cars, and I have heard stories of this applying to buildings and homes, as well.
And I find that infuriating, as it leads to waste.
They’ve also quoted me more than a whole new pair to repair some AirPods Pro that I accidentally washed in the laundry. They didn’t tell me that was the case when I was on the phone with them. Apple uses a lot of customer hostile behaviors nowadays. Recently: * I canceled the Apple TV+ year trial that came with my iPhone. While, I believe, they require other apps to allow access until the trial ends, they ended my ac…
A colleague of mine recently got a MacBook Pro, whenever they plug in an external monitor the fans are pretty much fully on when doing not much at all. They now loathe using it. These computers are so expensive. They seem to have a ton of issues with ridiculous repair costs. What's going on? The keyboard issue from before is another example. Clearly they have the profit margin to ensure their products work well. And…
https://youtu.be/iiCBYAP_Sgg?t=46
Not sure is the Pro is much better.
I don't see a problem with this. Lunar retro reflector is $1000 part but replacing it would cost the same as new lunar mission. Macbooks are made in factories mostly by robots in large volume. Replacing part requires hard specialized manual labor and doesn't scale. Thirdly, they are only asking for what people are willing to pay. My latest computer cost €205.
They’ve also quoted me more than a whole new pair to repair some AirPods Pro that I accidentally washed in the laundry. They didn’t tell me that was the case when I was on the phone with them. Apple uses a lot of customer hostile behaviors nowadays. Recently: * I canceled the Apple TV+ year trial that came with my iPhone. While, I believe, they require other apps to allow access until the trial ends, they ended my ac…
Been a long time since I havent used apple devices (for unrelated reasons) this sounds so different from how they used to be.
Took it to an Apple store and was quoted £700 to fix it which is equivalent to almost half the cost of the laptop. For a single key. Absolute insanity.
With the declining repairability of MacBooks (and other slim notebooks), I always have to think about this Pokémon comic: https://images7.memedroid.com/images/UPLOADED127/56473bf64a6...