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I think one did benefit me, although indirectly. This is an old old story. I had a macbook which suddenly developed a GPU problem. The computer was so old that

I think one did benefit me, although indirectly. This is an old old story. I had a macbook which suddenly developed a GPU problem. The computer was so old that it was way out of waranty, but I learned that apple is voluntarily offering to fix computers with this specific problem even if they are out of warranty. My belief is that this program was born out of a class-action suit. (Though I am unable to find proof of that right now.) Basically, if i remember it right, the lawsuit forced apple to admit that this is indeed a manufacturing defect and thus I got my GPU fixed for free.

okamiueru 5y ago
How old was the product at that time?
- pfranz 5y ago
  I only read about it when it was happening. From Googling around this seems to be a rough timeline: some 2011 Macbook Pros were affected, lawsuit filed Oct 2014[1], February 2015 Apple launches a repair program, May 2017 it seems to end that program[2]. The last public update I see about the lawsuit is from January 2015 [3]--at least, I think. I really hate websites that don't date their posts. I imagine the suit was dropped when the repair program was negotiated. The source of the issue seems to have been lead-free solder, which was adopted in the mid-2000s and seemed to cause problems for a decade or so. [1] https://9to5mac.com/2014/10/28/apple-class-action-lawsuit-2011-macbook-pro-gpu-graphics-issues/ https://9to5mac.com/2014/10/28/apple-class-action-lawsuit-20... [2] https://www.cultofmac.com/482762/apple-no-longer-repairing-2011-macbook-pros-faulty-gpus/ https://www.cultofmac.com/482762/apple-no-longer-repairing-2... [3] https://www.whitfieldbryson.com/news/tag/macbook-pro/ https://www.whitfieldbryson.com/news/tag/macbook-pro/