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posted by janrinok on Sunday July 12 2015, @11:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the screening-screens dept.

Thousands of Apple Macbook owners are campaigning for action over reported issues with the laptop's retina screen. They are reporting "horrific stains" spreading across screens, in the forms of spots and patches.
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A website called "Staingate" has been set up by a group unhappy with Apple's response.

Some of them say they have been told they will have to pay $800 (£519) for repair work, the Staingate website states.

A Facebook group formed by people experiencing problems with their Macbook screens has 1,752 members, and Staingate claims to have been contacted by more than 2,500 people so far. US legal firm Whitfield Bryson & Mason has contacted the Facebook group offering to investigate.

Its 2013 models seem to be worst affected, but there are online forums discussing the problem dating back to 2009.

People do pay a premium for Apple hardware, perceiving them as higher-end. Take a look at the images of screen damage—is their anger justified?


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  • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Monday July 13 2015, @01:18AM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Monday July 13 2015, @01:18AM (#208284) Homepage

    " Lost the best programming job I ever had because they decided to cut out the 3rd party hardware. "

    Thanks a lot for your totally unbiased opinion. If it makes you feel any better, Apple has nowhere else to go but down from here.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2015, @02:19PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2015, @02:19PM (#208501)

    I can not see the value prop on developing for Apple anymore. They now give the tools away at least. But they now take even *more* money on the backend. Instead of it taking 20k or so to setup a dev, it now costs pretty much hardware. But they then want to take it all on the backend with their store which you pretty much have to use to make anything. They have over and over screwed their 3rd party hardware guys and in turn the software guys. They have done so since the early 80s. MS is just as bad. But at least I have a chance of making some cash off clueless enterprise. Linux is where it is at these days though. They may have their glorious in the open fights but it is usually OK and there is a chance to make a living. Android is a wasteland of 'fremium'.

    Two things I have learned over the years. Do not work for companies whose main product is hardware and do not work on anything with Apple.