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by piskov 169 days ago
I don’t know what “fragile” things you are talking about.

I have both air m1 and 16 m1 pro.

Neither me nor anyone I know have issues with these laptops.

Of course air is for your average Joe. And even then I transcode videos on air.
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tourmalinetaco 169 days ago
M1 macbooks are known to have fragile screens, there are multiple class action lawsuits over it. Just because you, anecdotally, have not had issues does not mean they don’t exist.

And the average Joe is far better off with a newer laptop with the same performance for 1/3rd the price. The M1 Air will be out of updates in 2 years, requiring whoever’s listening to your advice to either suffer with an insecure laptop or to spend another grand or more on a new laptop.

Apple has no unique benefits for the average person, and in fact a Chromebook fulfills the average user’s needs perfectly fine.

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piskov 168 days ago
You should stop watching youtube channels.

Consider the number of m1 laptops manufactured and then the number of claims.

Regarding, the “fragile screens” — find me one that ended at least with a settlement and not dismissed.

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tourmalinetaco 168 days ago
> You should stop watching youtube channels.

Why? Because they say things you don’t like?

> Consider the number of m1 laptops manufactured and then the number of claims.

Consider the fact that most consumers wouldn‘t file a claim even if they were eligible—the FTC finds that only about 5-10% of affected consumers actually participate in class actions. And considering there‘s multiple class actions over different models of the laptops, that signifies a decent chunk of users.

> Regarding, the “fragile screens” — find me one that ended at least with a settlement and not dismissed.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/apple-ordered-to-pa...

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piskov 168 days ago
This is not class-action. It’s a single case.

> the FTC finds that only about 5-10% of affected consumers actually participate in class actions

So if ballpark is at least 15-20 million macbooks per year, what is your estimate of defected units per year? :-)

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tourmalinetaco 157 days ago
“Find me one case”

“No not that case!”

Man quit moving the goal posts and just take the L

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