Yes. Apple is one of companies violating Magnuson–Moss Warranty act, and they dont give a F. Why should they? FCC send them a strongly worded letter recently :) no penalties no problem.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/04/11...

Yes, they require working computer to be eligible for their "programs" (euphemism for recall). Imagine some peoples surprise when they couldnt get <=2011 laptops(bad GPU) serviced because hey already couldnt boot = Apple diagnostic thingamajig not reading codes = not eligible.