https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6258083/amp/Undercover-investigation-video-Apple-Genius-Bar-tells-customer-cost-fixing-new-laptop.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6258083/amp/Undercover-investigation-video-Apple-Genius-Bar-tells-customer-cost-fixing-new-laptop.html https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl... Same bullshit, different context. We have no way of knowing for sure because there are no accepted network traffic monitors and no packet-sniffing capabilities with iPhones or iPads. But my iPad started developing mysterious problems the day after the warranty expired and a line of dead pixels appeared on a device that was never shocked physically in any manner, and was sitting most of the time on a table next to my couch. I'm glad it hasn't happened to you. Lucky you.