Should I Swap?

Your device is soon to run out of warranty. Any issue arising after that will cost you. The replacement from Apple is going to be a brand new device and will have a whole years worth of warranty + consumer laws if Applicable. If the keyboard thing etc becomes a big deal, i would be confident that Apple may release a Repair Program which may cover future issues. Youre going to get a fresh new mac with feature upgrades and spec upgrades and should be expected to last as long as you would expect a new product to last.

 

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

The replacement one will have 90 days warrenty, not the whole hog, otherwise it'd be a no-brainer.

 

Sounds like fraud to me.

 

Is this offer from AppleCare?

All replacements get shipped from the Apple online store. Thus having its own warranty as if it was brought as new. You may have no have purchased the device but Apple offered it as an appeasement. A new product comes with a year warranty.

 

If you end up getting a new $2,000 Mac for free or whatever the retail is and you end up with repair costs 3 months or whenever down the road, then that is what is called karma my friend. Just because you have a friend who works for Apple doesn’t make it right for either of you to do what you’re doing. Everyone else has to pay using their hard earned money, why shouldn’t you?

No, this is stealing.

 

And your replacement might as well fail within 2 months of having it.
As others have said this is fraud. I do not complain about friends helping each other when there is an issue, but this is just scamming the company.

 

Might be worth it, I mean if your friend is offering this sort of stuff then they probably won't be able to offer this exclusive service for very long...

Wise to turn it down, don't get your personal stuff involved in someone else's scam.