This Flimsy Feature Is Why I’ve Never Bought a MacBook (and It’s Not the Price)
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Summary
The director of creative strategy and writing at software company OpenAI dislikes Apple products because of their unreliability under conditions of normal use
He eschewed Apple’s MacBook range because of its notorious ‘butterfly keyboard’ which was prone to fail due to minute amounts of dust or crumbs becoming lodged in the keyboard
Apple attempted to rectify the problem by dubiously claiming that alterations to the keyboard improved its durability and by adding a silicone membrane under the keys for no explicable reason
Following a slew of lawsuits regarding the matter, Apple belatedly offered free repairs for affected models
The writer still does not view Apple’s MacBook range as a viable option for purchasing a laptop despite Apple’s subsequent reintroduction of the traditional scissor-switch mechanism
