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Re:2015 MacBook Pro recall: batteries overheating by la_barba on Thursday June 20, 2019 @10:15PM (#20239299)
"Customer safety is always Apple's top priority, and we have voluntarily decided to replace affected batteries, free of charge."

I know its just a marketing blurb by Apple, but if safety is actually their top priority, they should be contacting all customers directly. How is the end user supposed to even know that their laptop could catch fire?

Re:2015 MacBook Pro recall: batteries overheating by protomyth on Thursday June 20, 2019 @10:27PM (#20239363)
I would have expected an e-mail or call from our educational rep, but it’s silence. They know exactly what we bought, so I’m a bit confused about their top priority.
Re:2015 MacBook Pro recall: batteries overheating by culturestate on Thursday June 20, 2019 @11:31PM (#20239666)
My business rep seems to be on some kind of delay; they always contact me exactly two weeks after every announcement.
Re:2015 MacBook Pro recall: batteries overheating by la_barba on Friday June 21, 2019 @03:19PM (#20245540)
Yeah.. I mean Subaru found a way to email me about scheduling an appointment for the airbag recall. (Yes, I know its probably because of regulations)
Re:2015 MacBook Pro recall: batteries overheating by davidandgoliath on Thursday June 20, 2019 @10:47PM (#20239450)
Profit.
Re:2015 MacBook Pro recall: batteries overheating by 2000andlate on Friday June 21, 2019 @12:35AM (#20239906)
Seriously. It boggles my mind why this is still a question. We don’t even have to get into the morality of it, but it’s simply not profitable to care this much, so why would Apple?
Re:2015 MacBook Pro recall: batteries overheating by protomyth on Friday June 21, 2019 @01:59PM (#20244870)
If you have premium brand and do not provide proper customer service, then people will start buying from others. Might not be immediate, but nothing rides on good feelings forever.
Re:2015 MacBook Pro recall: batteries overheating by garren on Thursday June 20, 2019 @10:45PM (#20239443)
That's a good point. Apple knows every piece of hardware I've purchased from them simply because I've bought into their ecosystem (iCloud, iTunes, etc.) It seems like they should be able to leverage this information to reach out to customers (or even previous) to give them a heads up.