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With Apple, you're usually getting a free replacement once they acknowledge the issue. I don't think they ever issued a $2 or other low amount in cash rather fixing the hardware.

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Yeah. When there was a hinge crack issue with Macbooks way out of warranty, Apple swapped it for free. This was maybe 7 years ago.

There was a case recently where Apple paid a cash settlement to buyers of defective Beats headphones:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57172406

_All_ Beats headphones are defective.

Ah, Beats, the black sheep in the Apple world.

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