Had the same issue with delamination and because they admitted to it being their fault, took it to an Apple store just to see what they'll say. They said that it is a known defect but, wait for it, not for my model and so in my case it's my own fault by default. The person literally said yes it's delaminating but it's a different type of delamination. There was another comical scene involving googling by the employee which I will spare. It's not a big deal because I wasn't in my hometown anyway and couldn't leave it for longer than 3 days, but still. That company is simply ridiculous, and I hope I don't have to deal with them too much in my lifetime.
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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Yeah I believe the strategy is to make consumers think they should "just buy a new one". Apple is also putting up a very poor "training" program (Independent Repair Program) so that it looks like they're entertaining "right to repair" while they ensure the program is not adequate enough for people taking the course to handle even the most basic repairs. Apple also locks it all up in tight NDAs so that they can't disc…
I don't think it's so much "buy a new one" as it is "buy apple care."
Apple care doesn't last too long. More like buy apple care and when that runs out, buy a new one.
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The replacement price issue there is probably both a protection against resellers and an incorporation of an expedite fee. AirPods are made of three components: left earbud, right earbud, and charging case. More granular repairs are neither offered nor possible due to glues and so forth, though damaged parts can be recycled for scrap. So repairs can only replace those three parts in total, and perform no other purpos…
I find it hard to believe that Apple overcharges all of its customers, just to combat the minority of scammers. Just seems so unbalanced... Also, aren't waiting lists usually due to manufacturing latency? Not arbitrary delays that can be bypassed via purchasing repairs? Moreover, no one can assemble a Macbook/iPad/iPhone by ordering replacement parts. Your example only holds good for Airpods.
I’ve seen articles online of up to 60% of repairs in some countries being fraudulent. A bit more than a minority sadly.
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Seems to be this massive untapped market of people who are upset with their options. Or the reality is most people don't care as long as they can check instagram and open tiktok. What is more likely?
It's both: People are upset but they lack agency, so they deal.
I just don't think people are that upset about this. I think there are other things that they are more upset about that happen far more often.
We constantly get anecdotes on here like this post, Yet everyone I know who has a mac never has any of these troubles, or if they do apple takes relative care of them. My mom's macbook still kicks after 10 years. The only issue which I saw a friend have was the keyboard debacle. Other than that, I never hear of these situations.
What are the actual numbers?
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I don't think it's so much "buy a new one" as it is "buy apple care."
Apple care doesn't last too long. More like buy apple care and when that runs out, buy a new one.
Point well taken, but that doesn't seem to be Apple's MO.
Most of my apple devices have lived far past their life. Now maybe in 10 years I look back to this time and say that is no longer true, but I have multiple 10 year + old pieces of apple hardware that still function remarkably well.
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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?
Heh. I fix that one by not using Apple News.
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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.
> But you can't disable play store and framework(s) without losing a ton of integrated facilities. But can’t those basically be considered part of the operating system at this point? I can’t disable Apple frameworks on my iPhone either. Mind, iOS of course does less user tracking.
> But can’t those basically be considered part of the operating system at this point?
That's exactly why I switched because the idea that I can't disable Play Services is bonkers. It does look like MicroG (open-source replacement) is maturing a lot recently though!
> I can’t disable Apple frameworks on my iPhone either. Mind, iOS of course does less user tracking.
Apple makes their money up front by me purchasing the device. That's why they're expensive. They are a hardware company.
Whenever you use an iOS feature for the first time, you are prompted with a privacy policy statement that is presented in both a summary and a long form to be read before you click agree. And they have an icon that they show you whenever data will leave your device.
With them being the forward about it, I trust it way more.
If you don't believe me, go and read this[0] privacy policy on (arguably) the creepiest feature that Apple provides you (Siri).
Some quotes from it:
> Siri Data is associated with a random, device generated identifier. This random identifier is not linked to your Apple ID, email address, or other data Apple may have from your use of other Apple services.
> Siri Data and your requests are not used to build a marketing profile, and are never sold to anyone.
That immediately hits me differently from Google's policy (I read it a long while ago now), and it makes me view Apple with enough of a positive light to make the ecosystem jump.
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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.
/e/ ( https://e.foundation ) provides a google free android experience. i am quite happy with it.
Thank you for sharing. This is awesome! It looks like they replace Google Play Services with MicroG and so this is (fairly truly) a full de-Google'd phone. I might try to flash this on my old phone sometime soon. :)
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I used Play Music and Inbox as well, and also just switched (3-ish months ago?) to an iPhone. The YouTube Music app is not that bad, but definitely missing a feature or three that I used a lot on Play. It also seems to need to be manually started every time my phone connects to Bluetooth whereas Play would start automatically if it was the last thing that was playing on that BT connection.
Youtube music's biggest drawback is being required to subscribe to listen with the screen off. I was willing to change interfaces since I thought google play music was reasonable. Then my free trial ended. I switched to Spotify and I'm glad I did.
I use Spotify for 95% of my listening. Their ability to sync songs that aren't on Spotify though is pretty bad, and that's why I used Play Music. There are just some albums/bands that I want to listen to that aren't easily available without having the raw MP3 somewhere.
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Something is wrong with your colleague's machine, or something else in his toolchain, because that's not normal. The keyboard issues were really jarring precisely because Apple had, up to that point, a really great reliability reputation - in my experience, on par with the super-overengineered late-90s ThinkPads (IBM, not Lenovo). I retired several PowerBooks and MacBooks at 6 or 7 years old that were still physicall…
Actually, loud fans are a regular occurrence when using external displays with current high-end 15" MacBook Pros. It gets hot fast, especially when driving a 4K display and charging at the same time. The 13" MacBook Pro on the other hand is basically silent in most circumstances.
I have a high-end current 15" Pro, use a high-def monitor, and do not have this problem.