Earlier in May, Apple was hit with a class action lawsuit over MacBook keyboard failures, due to the butterfly switches failing due to even a tiny amount of dust. A week later, a second class action suit popped up against Apple for the ultra-fragile MacBook key switches, and now 9to5Mac is reporting that a third suit has been filed, this one claiming "fraudulent concealment," meaning they believe Apple was aware of the design being faulty, and hid that fact to consumers.
Tough to say if this were a known issue or not. Based upon how widespread it is, one would think the Apple would have had to notice it during product testing. I suppose we will see, as this will likely be drawn out for a long time.
Fraudulent concealment is when a company deliberately hides a material fact with the intention of deceiving or defrauding someone. In this case, the allegation is that Apple was aware the keyboard design was faulty, and deliberately hid that fact from consumers so that they would purchase the machines.
Tough to say if this were a known issue or not. Based upon how widespread it is, one would think the Apple would have had to notice it during product testing. I suppose we will see, as this will likely be drawn out for a long time.
Fraudulent concealment is when a company deliberately hides a material fact with the intention of deceiving or defrauding someone. In this case, the allegation is that Apple was aware the keyboard design was faulty, and deliberately hid that fact from consumers so that they would purchase the machines.