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Growing Petition Requests Apple Recall MacBook Pro With 'Defective Keyboard' (fortune.com)
Apple might have some explaining to do if a recent petition against its MacBook Pro continues to gain steam. From a report: A petition surfaced this week on Change.org that calls on Apple to recall MacBook Pro units released since late 2016 over what the petition author Matthew Taylor calls a "defective keyboard." The petition seeks 7,500 signatures and as of this writing, it's closing in on 6,200. Judging by the sheer number of signatures coming in each minute, it shouldn't take long for it to hit the goal.
"Apple, it's time: recall every MacBook Pro released since late 2016, and replace the keyboards on all of them with new, redesigned keyboards that just work," the petition reads. It goes on to say that "every one of Apple's current-gen MacBook Pro models, 13-inch and 15-inch, is sold with a keyboard that can become defective at any moment due to a design failure."
"Apple, it's time: recall every MacBook Pro released since late 2016, and replace the keyboards on all of them with new, redesigned keyboards that just work," the petition reads. It goes on to say that "every one of Apple's current-gen MacBook Pro models, 13-inch and 15-inch, is sold with a keyboard that can become defective at any moment due to a design failure."
I use a MBP at work and it staggers me that something that costs over two thousand pounds has such a shit keyboard. My aging ASUS laptop I have at home admittedly doesn't have a very good keyboard (for that I'd use the other half's ancient Dell Latitude) but it's like a breath of fresh air and a joy to use in comparison. Plus it has a hardware ESC key...
"Wait. Something's happening. It's opening up! My God, it's full of apricots!"