If you had problems with the butterfly keyboard on your MacBook, MacBook Air, or MacBook Pro, Apple may have to compensate you for it.
20/07/2022 10:00
With the arrival of the 2015 MacBook, Apple opted for officially introduce your butterfly type keyboard, which promised a better touch feeling and lighter writing. It has been using it for several years in products such as the MacBook Air, el MacBook Pro o el MacBook originaland the truth is that it even became one of the worst recent Apple designs.
In addition to being an uncomfortable and noisier keyboard, its design was very susceptible to dust particles and dirt, which caused many users to have to repair their Mac computer due to problems with said keyboard throughout history. Bearing this in mind, and as a result of a class action lawsuit towards those of Cupertino in the United States, now Apple will have to pay 50 million dollars to users who paid for a repair of his computer.
If you repaired the butterfly keyboard of your MacBook in the United States, Apple will have to pay you between 50 and 395 dollars
Just like Reuters has reportedit seems that in order to end the class action lawsuit imposed by users who bought a Mac with a butterfly keyboard in the US, they have agreed make a payment to each user that would range between 50 and 395 dollars.
After problems with the butterfly keyboard, Apple will have to compensate Mac users in the United States
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The total amount that Apple will pay to users who got a MacBook, MacBook Air or MacBook Pro between the years 2015 and 2019 and took it in for repair is in the 50 million dollars, to be distributed among the users, the fees of the lawyers who have carried out the lawsuit and the rest of the derived costs. However, depending on the problems presented by each unit, each user will receive a different sum:
- If you had to repair two or more times the upper casebecause to change the keyboard it was necessary to carry out this complete process, you can receive 395 dollars from Apple as compensation.
- If they only changed your keyboard onceyou will only receive 50 dollars as compensation.
- If you changed the complete upper case only onceor you are in a different situation from the previous ones, the price is still to be determined, but it will be somewhere in between.
Naturally, since the sanction was imposed in USA, you will only be eligible for financial compensation if you reside and refuel the MacBook in that country. Besides, it’s limited to the states of California, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Washingtonleaving the rest aside.
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Following the settlement of the class action lawsuit, the firm has also been forced to continue with the free replacement program facing users. This means that, if you have a MacBook, MacBook Air or MacBook Pro released between 2015 and 2019, and you have problems with the butterfly keyboard, although you may not be entitled to compensation, it is You will have the right to free repair of the samewith all the costs that this may include.
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