The price of non-AppleCare repairs has been going up in nearly every product category for years.īefore Apple instituted its keyboard repair program, it was charging $600 - $700 to repair keyboards, even though it has failed to resolve its keyboard failure problem through multiple revisions of the design. Want to connect your iPhone directly to a USB-C port? That's extra (Opens in a new window). If you want to use the fast charging that your modern iPhone supports, that's an extra purchase (Opens in a new window). Apple still includes the same 5W iPhone adapter with its phones that it's always shipped, even though its devices support fast charging. Today, that kind of "all-in" thinking is no longer front-and-center in the company's product designs. As a reminder, Apple used to run ads like this: In 2019, you aren't being pecked to death by ducks, so much as fleeced like a sheep. This latest ridiculous price decision is further evidence of a trend that kicked into high gear back in 2016.
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