The butterfly keyboard was installed on MacBook laptops from 2015 to 2019.
In the lawsuit, claimants argued that Apple internally knew about the butterfly keyboard’s flawed design.
There are three tiers of payouts.
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They’ll be paid up to $395 per computer.
Group 2 members will receive up to $125 per computer.
As is standard language in these situations, Apple did not acknowledge any wrongdoing in the court documents.
The butterfly keyboard was an unpopular feature due to its sensitivity to debris.
Apple phased out the butterfly keyboard in 2019 and returned to a less prone-to-failure keyboard design.
It did acknowledge users having issues with the butterfly keyboard andoffered free keyboard repairsfor affected computers.
Going forward, Apple will continue to offer the service.
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