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Apple Tried Charging the Price of a New MacBook Pro for a Screen Replacement

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Re: Apple Tried Charging the Price of a New MacBook Pro for a Screen Replacement

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Post by OldHand2018 »

dwighttk wrote: post #90
SirensOfTitan wrote: post #6

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…

Settings > Music > turn off “show Apple Music” Should fix the stupid interstitial

No such option exists for the Apple News+ interstitial.

It's obvious that there is a bug in the code, I get the interstitial at random times, not only when I open the app. Wifi drops and then comes back? Interstitial right on top of whatever I was reading...

PS, am I the only person that puts a "cancel free trial for XYZ" in my calendar the minute I sign up for anything?

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Post by dontcarethrow2 »

benologist wrote: post #166
oneplane wrote: post #92

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But you can't disable play store and framework(s) without losing a ton of integrated facilities. Probably also why the integrate most ad and tracking stuff in there.

You can block a lot of apps individually from accessing the internet with NetGuard - https://f-droid.org/en/packages/eu.faircode.netguard/ https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard

This and disabling google apps. Surprisingly not much of a difference in functionality, my data usage is low, downloaded local maps on OSM. Motorola something

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Post by dr_dshiv »

SirensOfTitan wrote: post #6

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…

I second this. However, I've been short on them for years and consistently wrong.

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Post by richiebful1 »

HatchedLake721 wrote: post #157
jrochkind1 wrote: post #100

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Some years ago I had the tech at the Apple store replace a single damaged key on my laptop for me completely free, he had a drawer full of keycaps, it took him five minutes, he was just like, no problem, bye. Times have changed. :(

It’s not that support has changed, it’s the butterfly keyboard. You can’t replace keys with butterfly keyboard, the whole thing has to.

It's still insane that parts + labor costs £700 for a keyboard. I bet the part costs £70. I highly doubt labor could be reasonable valued at £630.

Edit: currency is not American

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Post by AniseAbyss »

There are literally hundreds of repair shops that cropped up the last few years. Problem is you never know if the shop is actually good. Apple guarantees quality- at an absurd price.

Lesson: treat your expensive electronics well. Or be like my brother with a permanent cracked screen on his iPhone.

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Post by mauvehaus »

jonwinstanley wrote: post #32

This is not surprising at all, the retina screen is one of the most expensive parts of the laptop. Lots of household appliances are similar to this too. If you have to repair one of the main parts of a washing machine or a dishwasher a new one will be a cheaper option. Same for a car, a friend of mine flooded his engine by driving through water that was higher than expected. His insurance company just wrote the car o…

As a point of order: flooding an engine refers to having so much fuel in the cylinders that it cannot be ignited because there isn't enough air to support combustion.

Filling the cylinders with water results in hydro locking an engine because the liquid cannot be compressed on the compression stroke. This can result in damaging the internal parts of the engine. Bent connecting rods are a common issue.

If you've gotten in deep enough to get water in through the intake manifold, it's quite likely that a great many other things that shouldn't be gotten wet have (wiring, interior, etc.) and it's not just the engine that will need to be replaced.

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Post by sbuk »

jordache wrote: post #146
sbuk wrote: post #97

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I broke the screen on a new Macbook 2 years ago, days after buying it. It was entirely my own fault so not covered by warrantee. I called Apple support and was told £800. Since I bought it with an Amex card, it was covered on that insurance, so I made an appointment to get it replaced. I went to the Apple store and was given a formal quote of £645 parts + labour. They went off to get the paperwork and were gone for a…

Huh? Instead of charging you the cost of a repair, for that new unit, they just did a swap for you free of charge?

Yes.

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Post by glitchdout »

Spooky23 wrote: post #106
SirensOfTitan wrote: post #6

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…

Their treatment of the music app is criminal. They always futz around with the controls.

They completely destroyed the music app. And they prevent third-party apps from having the same APIs as their music app! I used to use Cesium but Apple even managed to break that app.

http://mike-clay-vma5.squarespace.com/blog/api-safe

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Post by toast0 »

xenophonf wrote: post #86
canofbars wrote: post #51

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If someone didn't subscribe the first few times you ask, just stop asking. The 100th popup isn't going to change their mind.

Somebody please tell the YouTube app that.

Somebody please tell the people making videos that.
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