This was not about Apple not adapting the mandatory 2 years consumer protection. It is a law in Europe and any consumer can claim his rights. Apple can not and did not change that. This was about consumer advocates claiming that Apple did not inform the consumers about the 2 years mandatory consumer protection under European Law. This law gives any consumer who buys a product to return to the RETAILER if it does not perform as advertised or has a defect, which that inhibits its ability to reform as advertised.
Instead Apple did not mention this protection, which existed all along and advertised its existing one year warranty which exceeds the basic consumer protection (see the link in the post) and tried to sell its 3 year warranty.
It was regarded by consumer advocates as deceptive that apple never mentioned the existing consumer protection in order to sell its three year warranty.
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This was not about Apple not adapting the mandatory 2 years consumer protection. It is a law in Europe and any consumer can claim his rights. Apple can not and did not change that. This was about consumer advocates claiming that Apple did not inform the consumers about the 2 years mandatory consumer protection under European Law. This law gives any consumer who buys a product to return to the RETAILER if it does not perform as advertised or has a defect, which that inhibits its ability to reform as advertised. Instead Apple did not mention this protection, which existed all along and advertised its existing one year warranty which exceeds the basic consumer protection (see the link in the post) and tried to sell its 3 year warranty. It was regarded by consumer advocates as deceptive that apple never mentioned the existing consumer protection in order to sell its three year warranty.