> [Apple quietly announced][1] that they were extending the warranty on their flagship laptop’s keyboard by four years.
No, they didn't. If you read the very source the article cites for this, you find,
> The program covers eligible MacBook and MacBook Pro models for 4 years after the first retail sale of the unit.
The original warranty was 1 year[2]; this is a three year extension.
"Extending by 4 years" is just too good to be true. Although, I had no idea the warranty on MBPs was so bad; a well built machine should trivially last a year. And now that I Google around, this doesn't seem to really be unusual on Apple's part. My last laptop had a 4 year warranty, and it lasted about that long. But my current laptop only had a 1 year standard, and I had forgotten that I paid $80 to extend it for 3 years. Apple seems to offer an extended warranty ("AppleCare+") but wants $270 for it.
No, they didn't. If you read the very source the article cites for this, you find,
> The program covers eligible MacBook and MacBook Pro models for 4 years after the first retail sale of the unit.
The original warranty was 1 year[2]; this is a three year extension.
"Extending by 4 years" is just too good to be true. Although, I had no idea the warranty on MBPs was so bad; a well built machine should trivially last a year. And now that I Google around, this doesn't seem to really be unusual on Apple's part. My last laptop had a 4 year warranty, and it lasted about that long. But my current laptop only had a 1 year standard, and I had forgotten that I paid $80 to extend it for 3 years. Apple seems to offer an extended warranty ("AppleCare+") but wants $270 for it.
[1]: https://www.apple.com/support/keyboard-service-program-for-m...
[2]: https://www.apple.com/legal/warranty/