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Previously Apple India allowed one to buy extended Apple Care+ within 1 year of buying the device but they changed the duration to 60 days last year. Now I have a Macbook Pro 16" without extended warranty because I had already crossed the 60 day mark when they changed their policy and so they won't let me extend the warranty. This is going to cost me a lot!

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Why is it going to cost you a lot? Are you expecting it to break? As long as you take reasonable care and don't drop it into a pool those things are pretty reliable. I've bought 4 macbooks since 2012 and passed them on to family whenever I wanted a new one and they are all still working despite the occasional bump.

You can't take nothing for granted. My mac mini started having issues just before end of warranty. Now after the end of warranty to fix it would cost me about 1/2 its original price. My pro which is out of warranty also has issues again fixing would cost me the same as buying a new pc laptop. Apple devices are very good when they are under warranty at least in India.

I think this policy change is global—or at any rate, it applies in the UK as well. Disappointing, because previously I would buy second-hand but less-than-year-old Apple products specifically so I could purchase the extended AppleCare warranty on them. A great way to get a recent machine at a decent discount.

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