zebra

I've always thought the US and the rest of the world were becoming too dependent on China. The hacking, stealing of intellectual property, currency devaluation and other predatory practices by China was overlooked by American businesses. Their greed for short term gain ended up hurting America's manufacturing future and self reliance.I love Apple's software and hardware . I switched from PCs years ago, but Apple lacked vision when it came to setting up significant manufacturing capabilities in China. Now Apple, their investors, and customers will has to pay for this error in judgement. It had to come sooner or later. China's misbehavior on the international scene is only getting worse over time. The US government and the population as a whole is finally waking up to face the music.

ireland said:

Apple made it a point to tell users that the new MacBook Pro has a material change, and has a more reliable keyboard

A bit generous, no? Failed design and embarrassment, this keyboard is. It’s like with the iPhone 4, there was nothing wrong with the antenna, but 4s had a new antenna with another band to stop the non-problem.

There is no doubt that the keys are closer together than my previous MacBook Pro 2015. I now type on a 2018 MacBook Pro, and make numerous typos caused by the over-tight keyboard. I'm not sure why Apple decided to do this. Just cut a larger section for more key space? It must be more involved than that -- I hope. Otherwise, it was just a lack of real life testing.

As a user, I want to to be able to lock out my phone based on a simple principle. I have nothing to hide from anyone except to those who would use the banal information on my iPhone to harm me or those I know. That includes any government agency that would grab my phone because of my political affiliation. Look what happened to Cohen! If they can confiscate his clients' files and search for some wrongdoing because of his connections, they can do it to any of us. I don't trust some "government" in America any more than common hackers.

This request is designed to ramp up costs for Apple to increase the speed and size off the settlement. Typical action of lawyers who demand big bucks for being scoundrels. This litigious environment can’t be helpful to our society. Such actions by lawyers act as leeches on America. 

Ok to buy books and other such commodities on Amazon. But electronics are another matter. The same problem exists on eBay and the like. I buy my Apple electronics from well-respected vendors like OWC, ProMax, MacMall and so forth rather than Apple to avoid sales tax. The warranties offered by these entities are proven. They must guard their reputations as primarily focused on Apple products. Not so with Amazon.