Apple Is Forced By EU To Give 2 Years Warranty On All Its Products

Posted by samzenpus on Monday April 2, 2012 @12:54AM from the genius-bar-working-twice-as-hard dept.

dsmalle writes "Apple has adapted its warranty to cover 2 years, under pressure of the European Union and after European consumer organizations sued Apple. From the article: 'The warranty conditions have been changed and these changes can be found on the website of Apple. Products that are purchased on the website of the manufacturer or in stores are now under warranty for two years, as it is required by the EU warranty guidelines. However, the warranty for Apple products that have been purchased elsewhere will not change and they will only be given a limited one-year warranty.'"

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The submitter is an idiot by gnasher719 · 2012-04-02 01:28 · Score: 1, Redundant

Not only an idiot, but a bloody f***ing stupid idiot of the highest magnitude.

Apple hasn't given in to any pressure, and Apple hasn't made any changes whatsoever. What Apple has done is presenting on a website what rights Apple customers have towards the seller of a product (whoever is the seller, and whoever makes the product), what rights Apple as the manufacturer voluntarily gives to buyers of Apple products (One year. ONE year. Not TWO years you bloody idiot submitter), and what rights Apple gives you if you pay for AppleCare.