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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onlPkyME3WI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onlPkyME3WI Created Tech made a good video about this. This doesn't seem to be a bi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onlPkyME3WI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onlPkyME3WI Created Tech made a good video about this. This doesn't seem to be a big Issue with the M1 MacBook but more of a money scheme of a Law Firm...

jb1991 5y ago
It's interesting that this particular law firm is using this particular nearly 1-year old image to propagate what is essentially fake news, or more kindly, extreme exaggeration. I'm not surprised though.
neya 5y ago
This sounds like an apologist's video, these guys said the same thing during the butterfly keyboard saga and the people who suffered were the real owners and not these trolls. I don't understand why people discount other people's experiences just because they like a particular brand.
- irjustin 5y ago
  I still operate the butterfly keyboard as my daily driver, 2017. In a very low grade constant fear, just waiting for the day for a small particle to get lodged underneath a key cap...
- foxyv 5y ago
  I've had a 15" 2017 MacBook Pro for 4 years or so. I baby it and keep it in an elevated stand. I always use an attached keyboard to not hurt the butterfly keys. Always keep it in a hard case to prevent bending during transport. The dang thing is falling apart like an old farm truck held together with baling twine. Battery has swollen up, the touch bar is 75% dead and blinking like crazy, battery warnings whenever I disconnect power, overheats all the time and throttles to a crawl... This is compared to my budget $600 ASUS which is happily chugging along 10 years later with the original battery and I treat it like a rented mule. Toss it in a backpack and set a bunch of junk on top and it's like "Psh!" Apple has used up all it's credibility with me with regards to their MacBooks. Their stuff is fragile. No amount of care seems to keep it running properly. They gaslight the heck out of their users too which makes them seem shady too.
tinco 5y ago
Not disputing that Created Tech is right, but the origin of the crack in the law firm's picture is precisely in the center, near where the camera is. That suggests to me that the crack came from a manufacturing defect, but to know for sure we'd have to see a bunch more photos of cracks that are influenced from that location. Frankly, the fact that they're only showing one picture, despite their claims that there's a lot of people having this problem does not inspire a lot of confidence in their case.
- jb1991 5y ago
  Even if it is a manufacturing defect, defects are not all created equal. Something that affects one machine out of 1 million can be a bonafide defect, but how much of a concern should it be in the general sense?

jb1991 5y ago

It's interesting that this particular law firm is using this particular nearly 1-year old image to propagate what is essentially fake news, or more kindly, extreme exaggeration. I'm not surprised though.

neya 5y ago

This sounds like an apologist's video, these guys said the same thing during the butterfly keyboard saga and the people who suffered were the real owners and not these trolls. I don't understand why people discount other people's experiences just because they like a particular brand.

irjustin 5y ago
I still operate the butterfly keyboard as my daily driver, 2017. In a very low grade constant fear, just waiting for the day for a small particle to get lodged underneath a key cap...
foxyv 5y ago
I've had a 15" 2017 MacBook Pro for 4 years or so. I baby it and keep it in an elevated stand. I always use an attached keyboard to not hurt the butterfly keys. Always keep it in a hard case to prevent bending during transport. The dang thing is falling apart like an old farm truck held together with baling twine. Battery has swollen up, the touch bar is 75% dead and blinking like crazy, battery warnings whenever I disconnect power, overheats all the time and throttles to a crawl... This is compared to my budget $600 ASUS which is happily chugging along 10 years later with the original battery and I treat it like a rented mule. Toss it in a backpack and set a bunch of junk on top and it's like "Psh!" Apple has used up all it's credibility with me with regards to their MacBooks. Their stuff is fragile. No amount of care seems to keep it running properly. They gaslight the heck out of their users too which makes them seem shady too.

tinco 5y ago

Not disputing that Created Tech is right, but the origin of the crack in the law firm's picture is precisely in the center, near where the camera is. That suggests to me that the crack came from a manufacturing defect, but to know for sure we'd have to see a bunch more photos of cracks that are influenced from that location. Frankly, the fact that they're only showing one picture, despite their claims that there's a lot of people having this problem does not inspire a lot of confidence in their case.

jb1991 5y ago
Even if it is a manufacturing defect, defects are not all created equal. Something that affects one machine out of 1 million can be a bonafide defect, but how much of a concern should it be in the general sense?