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Any clue of what is causing that? Is it the aluminium chassis expanding as a function of temperature and causing stress on the glass?

djmips 4y ago
Maybe in a fraction of the cases but from reading the thread, I, pessimistically estimate that most of the problems are user induced or a different issue.
- AmVess 4y ago
  I'd have to agree. I don't know how many companies supply Apple with MBA M1 screens, but I've had mine since they came out. Dragged it all over the states and still no crack. I always open it in the middle, and I don't wrench it open. For some reason, some people don't understand that thin and light doesn't mean indestructible.
  - LtWorf 4y ago
    Just because it didn't happen to you doesn't mean that other people are necessarily liars.
    - AmVess 4y ago
      Where did I say they were lying? Work on your reading comprehension.
      - LtWorf 4y ago
        You implied it.
samatman 4y ago
Mostly likely culprit, if this is a real problem, is a poorly-annealed batch of screen glass. If the glass is under internal tension, it's only a matter of time before cracks show. Conversely, screen glass is ordinarily pretty hard to damage and screens are designed to handle any expansion in their frame as a matter of course. At this point, there's no way to tell if this is an actual issue, or if it's just the enormous customer base of Apple amplifying owners who damaged their screen and would like Apple to replace it for free. I'm sympathetic after owning one of the cursed butterfly decks, but I'm pretty wait-and-see about it. I'm not nervous about my 16" M1 Pro, which is the most tank-like laptop Apple has made since the days of removable batteries and built-in DVD-R.
- bogwog 4y ago
  > or if it's just the enormous customer base of Apple amplifying owners who damaged their screen and would like Apple to replace it for free. Apple has had an enormous customer base for decades, they've had a support forum for probably as long, and people have been wanting free repairs for their broken idevices since forever. And while I'm no expert on the history of Apple's support forums, I think it's safe to assume that a 49-page forum thread about an issue like this isn't a common occurrence. (maybe the butterfly keyboards got one like that) Plus Apple is not the only manufacturer with a support forum and a large customer base, and I don't think I've ever heard of a mass concentrated effort to get free repairs by spamming a support forum.

djmips 4y ago

Maybe in a fraction of the cases but from reading the thread, I, pessimistically estimate that most of the problems are user induced or a different issue.

AmVess 4y ago
I'd have to agree. I don't know how many companies supply Apple with MBA M1 screens, but I've had mine since they came out. Dragged it all over the states and still no crack. I always open it in the middle, and I don't wrench it open. For some reason, some people don't understand that thin and light doesn't mean indestructible.
- LtWorf 4y ago
  Just because it didn't happen to you doesn't mean that other people are necessarily liars.
  - AmVess 4y ago
    Where did I say they were lying? Work on your reading comprehension.
    - LtWorf 4y ago
      You implied it.

samatman 4y ago

Mostly likely culprit, if this is a real problem, is a poorly-annealed batch of screen glass. If the glass is under internal tension, it's only a matter of time before cracks show. Conversely, screen glass is ordinarily pretty hard to damage and screens are designed to handle any expansion in their frame as a matter of course. At this point, there's no way to tell if this is an actual issue, or if it's just the enormous customer base of Apple amplifying owners who damaged their screen and would like Apple to replace it for free. I'm sympathetic after owning one of the cursed butterfly decks, but I'm pretty wait-and-see about it. I'm not nervous about my 16" M1 Pro, which is the most tank-like laptop Apple has made since the days of removable batteries and built-in DVD-R.

bogwog 4y ago
> or if it's just the enormous customer base of Apple amplifying owners who damaged their screen and would like Apple to replace it for free. Apple has had an enormous customer base for decades, they've had a support forum for probably as long, and people have been wanting free repairs for their broken idevices since forever. And while I'm no expert on the history of Apple's support forums, I think it's safe to assume that a 49-page forum thread about an issue like this isn't a common occurrence. (maybe the butterfly keyboards got one like that) Plus Apple is not the only manufacturer with a support forum and a large customer base, and I don't think I've ever heard of a mass concentrated effort to get free repairs by spamming a support forum.