Apple
Inc. is violating consumer rights worldwide. While many countries
require Apple to guarantee the proper functioning of its products for a
period of at least two years, Apple still maintains a limited one year
warranty period, and makes its customers believe they need to buy an
expensive AppleCare plan, which adds as much as 25% to the already high
price of its products. For instance, EU laws grant consumers a free of
charge, two-year guarantee, which means that AppleCare effectively adds
only one year of coverage, rendering the plan prohibitively expensive.
In addition, Apple rejects claims of guarantee with respect to repairs and parts on products it has chosen to declare 'vintage'. For instance, a consumer claim for a MacBook Pro logic board replacement (EUR 700) which lasted little longer than one year was rejected, for the reason that, by that time, the original MacBook Pro was more than five years old. This is illegal in most countries.
Apple happily provides notes to consumer laws, while, in practice, these laws are rarely respected, if ever, by Apple, its service providers and its resellers. Instead, Apple challenges its customers to sue them if they do not agree, trusting that the bulk of its customers do not have the resources to do so, while local authorities lack the drive to effectively take action.
To sum it up, Apple willfully violates the rights of consumers, leaves them ignorant about their rights, and manipulates its customers and local authorities worldwide into paying prohibitively high prices for its products and services. This must stop now!
(the petition can be found at https://www.change.org/p/tim-cook-make-apple-inc-respect-consumer-rights)
In addition, Apple rejects claims of guarantee with respect to repairs and parts on products it has chosen to declare 'vintage'. For instance, a consumer claim for a MacBook Pro logic board replacement (EUR 700) which lasted little longer than one year was rejected, for the reason that, by that time, the original MacBook Pro was more than five years old. This is illegal in most countries.
Apple happily provides notes to consumer laws, while, in practice, these laws are rarely respected, if ever, by Apple, its service providers and its resellers. Instead, Apple challenges its customers to sue them if they do not agree, trusting that the bulk of its customers do not have the resources to do so, while local authorities lack the drive to effectively take action.
To sum it up, Apple willfully violates the rights of consumers, leaves them ignorant about their rights, and manipulates its customers and local authorities worldwide into paying prohibitively high prices for its products and services. This must stop now!
(the petition can be found at https://www.change.org/p/tim-cook-make-apple-inc-respect-consumer-rights)
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