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I would like to thank @Apple @AppleSupport for the superb design of 2018 15 MacBook Pro display flex cable that can not be replaced unless the entire $600 display is replaced, 14 months of taking good care of the $5000 investment.
2 months out of warranty. #flexgate
Thank you
2 months out of warranty. #flexgate
Thank you
And anyone of you with 2018 and up MacBook will eventually have the same issue, because the cable gets microscopically rubbed every time you close and open the MacBook lid.
Usually after the warranty has expired
Usually after the warranty has expired
Here is the person who repair virtually any @Apple MacBook explain this waste of money
Government regulation that would improve #Apple #Macbooks: 1. For (Warranty+X) years, all companies must meet the cost of labour for repairs on their products. 2. The maximum cost of a repair part be limited to the smallest individual broken component(s).
So the $5 ribbon display cable #FlexGate dies on your #Macbook - the maximum you pay is $5. If Apple wants to build the display as a super-integrated, glued unit that has to be replaced as a whole when that cable goes, that choice is theirs, as is the cost of that choice.
Challenges are how #Design is made better. #Regulation works as an evolutionary force to improve the design of products, toward utility for the user.
