In the case of the Cinema, the official policy for replacement was tied to dead pixels. Not to my professionally deformed eye in search for the perfect and even

In the case of the Cinema, the official policy for replacement was tied to dead pixels. Not to my professionally deformed eye in search for the perfect and evenly lit display. AppleCare+ helped in this situation a lot. Don't get me wrong. I don't like it, but it helps. And I had also a good experience without it, once. Exchanged my iPad Pro 12" for backlight bleeding without any problem. But as you sad, when you are buying 20 or 30 MacBook Pros for your company, it is considerably better to be sure that you will get extended damage coverage.