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Re:Apple’s repair kill switch hasn’t been activated yet by laumars on Sunday October 07, 2018 @03:17AM (#18159266)
In fairness to the previous poster, replacing a keyboard should be cheaper than replacing an SSD (which is soldered into macs, requires a more expensive replacement part then needs an OS reinstall which a keyboard wouldn’t).
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Re:Apple’s repair kill switch hasn’t been activated yet by ru999gol on Sunday October 07, 2018 @03:55AM (#18159373)
Apple intentionally builds their keyboards in such a way that it is incredible difficult to replace, the amount of skilled labor required doesn't make it profitable to just replace the keyboard. Its eye opening seeing a keyboard replacement being performed: https://youtu.be/4KuVvb9DTaU?t=309

Who is to blame for letting it get so far? I think its not just Apples fault, its governments fault not regulating them and consumers fault for still buying and even defending their practices (which you can very well observe in this thread).

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Re:Apple’s repair kill switch hasn’t been activated yet by EugeneOZ on Sunday October 07, 2018 @03:38AM (#18159321)
They are replacing whole half of the notebook. It's everything except the monitor. So price is the same.
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