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Re:Apple's Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repai... by chewyland on Friday October 05, 2018 @04:10AM (#18146520)
My Bulgarian MacBook adventure was actually pretty great. I needed an arrow key for my 2014 MacBook and contacted a shop in Sofia. They were happy to ship (they had it in sock) it to their sister shop in Varna (closer to me) and once I got there the key and labor to replace it (granted, it only took them 3 minutes) was less than €2.

Yes, two Euros.

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Re:Apple's Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repai... by systemtest on Friday October 05, 2018 @08:18AM (#18147491)
Did they let you keep the sock?
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Re:Apple's Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repai... by tossimba on Friday October 05, 2018 @10:49AM (#18148570)
go back to reddit
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Re:Apple's Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repai... by llampx on Friday October 05, 2018 @08:15AM (#18147471)
Times have changed. That repair would now cost you 700€
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Re:Apple's Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repai... by abrowne on Friday October 05, 2018 @10:31AM (#18148389)
I don't love the new keyboard, but keycaps are still replaceable as long as the scissor mechanism is OK. (Previously the scissor could be replaced, too.)
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