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Apple Lowers Prices of AppleCare+ Plans for M1 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro [Updated]
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I'm convinced that these lower prices are a result of the anti-trust actions that being taken by the US federal govt. For example, yesterday we heard about Lina Khan being appointed the head of the FTC, and Congress creating bills to regulate the big tech companies.
how often do macbooks break without physical damage? i can easily avoid physical damage but idk about random cpu/gpu/ram/ssd/etc failures
I only started getting AppleCare when my work was paying for it! though, it has come in handy and I'm glad I have it. always glad to see prices come down vs go up. must have been some cost-benefit that they'll make more with more customers with it slightly decreased. can't figure out why they'd reduce the price otherwise.
Perhaps they figured that if the M1 devices are now more reliable (fewer components), there’ll be less to repair?
I kind of got reamed on this, myself. I bought a 2020 Air last year when it came out and now I want to upgrade to an M1 Air. They're offering about $600 trade-in, which is ok -- but I'd paid for AppleCare and there's no provision for moving that from Mac to Mac, unfortunately. I really wish there was, even if I lost the "used" portion of it that went toward covering my current MacBook.
With support now on phone, and even the senior adviser doesn’t even know about this price. I had to educate him as the Apple site literally shows it with the new prices.Better ask for a price adjustment
iPad appleCare+ is worth it. Have seen absolute horror stories of iPad screen shattering. And those things are expensive to fix.
Not just shattering, I recently had a weird issue where one very small spot of the screen was just a little bit off-color. Apple replaced it with a new one.
Got mine for $269 last week (8 days ago) on my M1 MBP. Just got off the phone with apple Support and was told it's for new purchases starting today, nothing can be done. So guess they got an extra $20 out of me but will try and call again later and see if I can get anywhere with a different person. Maybe it's just the luck of the draw or there really is nothing they can do.
The person I got knew about it but said nothing they could do, it only is for new purchases starting today. But I'm gonna try calling back later and see if I get anywhere with someone else. Maybe 2nd shift people will do more, lol...
I did say more than just that in my comment, I’d suggest reading through it again
I'm a computer consultant and frequently help my customers purchase new Macs and I can say that only about 1/2 to 2/3 of them purchase Apple Care. (Though I always recommend it.) It's honestly too expensive even with these reduced prices. For a $1000 Air, it's an extra 20 percent (before sales tax) to add it. I wish Apple would just raise the price of all the products to just include Apple Care in purchase. That way all macs are covered and Apple gets their money and customers don't feel like they are being "upsold" during their purchase. Seems like it would be simpler accounting also.
I dunno but I have five Macs in the house dating back to 2009 and the only thing that's ever broken is the hard drive on the 2009 iMac. It wouldn't have been eligible for replacement under AC+ anyway so I just replaced it myself and moved on.
I like the 'idea' of AC+ but the pricing is ridiculous. You can buy a basic refurb MBA for $849 and they want almost 25% of the original cost to include the extra warranty.
Yeah, and raising prices on AppleCare is just the kind of greedy move that proves it.
And… lowering prices on AppleCare would… do what now?
Govt: We are working to pass a bill that would…
Apple: We decreased the cost of AppleCare.
Govt: OH… oh… nevermind that bill then.
I mean, PURE GENIUS if it works, but still...
After all these years, you think something suddenly affected demand at the same price? Really?
i wish the united states had better warranty laws for the customers. in some countries, providing 3 or even 5 years of warranty is mandatory. the 1 year warranty in the US is horrible. people who have their macbooks malfunction due to reasons beyond physical damage are getting ripped off.