Apple Inc.'s AAPL MacBook users who suffered due to the highly unreliable and break-prone butterfly keyboard design can finally relax as a $50 million settlement has been cleared.
A $50 million settlement has been approved for Apple's butterfly keyboard, which is known for its unreliability and tendency to break.
Affected customers will now be able to receive compensation ranging from $50 to $395 from the tech giant, which is based in Cupertino, California.
The class-action settlement faced obstacles from various groups, but the court ruled it fair, sufficient, and reasonable. The possibility that a better settlement may have been reached - or that the benefits provided under the settlement will not make class members whole - is insufficient grounds to deny approval. The court also granted the plaintiff's lawyer a claim for $15 million in legal fees as part of the agreed settlement.
The butterfly keyboard designed by Apple is one of the most significant technological failures in recent years, characterized by its inability to break and its potential to be catastrophically unstable.
The MacBook's keyboard was introduced in 2015 as a new keyboard design that quickly gained popularity for its poor performance and frequent malfunctions.
The butterfly mechanism, which aims to enhance the sleeker and more streamlined keyboard experience of many MacBook users, became a source of frustration and inconvenience for many MacBook users.
The unreliable scissor-switch keyboard in the newer MacBooks was a major problem until late 2019, when Apple finally transitioned to a more conventional and reliable scissor-switch keyboard mechanism.
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