Editing Apple butterfly mechanism (section)

==Issues==
The MacBook "butterfly" keyboards are infamous for bad reliability.

The 2016 MacBook Pro keyboards supposedly fail twice as often in the first year of use as previous types of MacBook Pro keyboards that have a more conventional [[scissor switch]]/[[rubber dome]] design.<ref name="appleinsider" />
The keyboards are also more expensive to repair, in part because how they are mounted within the laptop enclosures.

In 2019, Apple announced that it would fix faulty keyboards in certain models (stretching from 2015 to 2019), at no expense to the owner.<ref name="macworld2019mbkb"/>

Because of reliability issues, a group of MacBook owners filed lawsuit against Apple in 2018. It got certified as a Class Action suit in March 2021<ref name="vergecacert">The Verge.com—[https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/22/22344397/apple-macbook-butterfly-keyboard-switches-defective-class-action-lawsuit-certified Angry MacBook owners get class action status for butterfly keyboard suit]. Dated 2021-03-22. Retrieved 2021-03-22</ref>.
The lawsuit concerned Apple's repair program: that it was insufficient to only replace a butterfly keyboard with another butterfly keyboard.
Apple agreed to a settlement in July 2022, and a payment plan was approved in November. A payment of $125 goes to a customer that replaced one keyboard, with more to customers who replaced more than one, and $50 if only keycaps were replaced.<ref name="mactrast2211">macTrast—[https://www.mactrast.com/2022/11/judge-approves-apples-plan-to-pay-50-million-macbook-butterfly-keyboard-lawsuit-settlement/ Judge Approves Apple’s Plan to Pay $50 Million MacBook Butterfly Keyboard Lawsuit Settlement]. Dated 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2022-12-07</ref>