- A judge obliges Apple to reimburse users of butterfly keyboards
- This keyboard, integrated on many MacBook, worked badly because of its design
- Unfortunately, in France no one will be able to receive money via this judgment
The butterfly keyboard file is set. This module of MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, with a new and different mechanism from the traditional operation of “scissors” keys, has made millions of computers inoperative since its inception. The fault of a design that does not hold over the duration, with in turn of the letters which are twice during a support or, conversely, which are not imprinted. Apple clients, unhappy, therefore won the case during a group action (class action) in the United States, and will be reimbursed up to the damage.
In total, Apple will have to pay for no less thanfifty million dollars. A sum that the judge in charge of the file has finally accepted, closing a case old several years after several appeals. Once and for all.
A sufficient decision?
Among the appeals refused by justice, we find in particular the case of the amount of compensation. This will thus amount to125 dollarsFor some of the complainants, while an Apple Store repair could request almost twice this amount. It is true that Cupertino often offers prices far beyond reasonable, including when it comes to replacing the battery of its laptops.
What is more, this conflict only concerns consumers installed in the United States: in France,This is another story. More than86,000 peopleHowever, will be able to receive money across the Atlantic, but it will also be necessary that these have been able to demonstrate a keyboard replacement adjusted upstream. For those who have kept their MacBook with defective mechanism without consulting a technician, it is therefore the cold shower: it will be necessary to remedy it on its own.
More butterfly keyboard since 2019
Fortunately for the French and the others, the butterfly keyboard, today, is no longer. The return to the original Magic Keyboard took place during the exit of theFirst MacBook Pro with a sixteen inch diagonal, arrived in November 2019 with an intel chip under the hood. For the MacBook Air, however, it will be necessary to wait for the edition released in 2020, sold from 1,199 euros at the time.
The Magic Keyboard is also published for iPads, but where an accessory is hidden under this name also incorporating a touchpad. Otherwise, desktop Mac users can also opt for the same name product with fingerprint sensor, especially available in several colors with iMac M1.
