Apple settles ‘butterfly’ keyboard lawsuit

July 19, 2022

I bought one of the first MacBooks with the dreaded butterfly keyboard -- and loved it.

Although a bit weird to type on at first because the keystroke was so minimal, it didn't take long to get used to, and I marveled at the keyboard's svelte profile.

My son now uses the machine and improbably, the keyboard still hasn't failed -- probably the only one in existence!

It seemed to me the butterfly keyboard was a good example of what Apple often does so well: push the state of the art forward.

Alas, I was completely wrong and the design is a disaster, as Apple has just not admitted in court.

-- Leander Kahney, EIC.

Apple agreed to a preliminary settlement Monday for a suit that claimed the company knew its super-thin MacBook keyboard was defective but kept selling it anyway. Apple admitted no wrongdoing but agreed to pay up to $50 million, most of which will go to customers who had to replace the keyboards.

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One more thing ...

"I don't know how to answer you. In the broadest context, the goal is to seek enlightenment -- however you define it. But these are private things. I don't want to talk about this kind of stuff." -- Steve Jobs on his goal in life

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