In 2018, a number of MacBook Pro users—with models from 2016 onwards—discovered a serious design flaw that causes the screen to fail after repeated opening and closing of the laptop over the course of a few years. The ensuing scandal was, of course, dubbed Flexgate, after the flex display cables causing the problem. Despite Apple’s refusal to acknowledge the issue, though, their latest MacBook Pros have a longer cable that may be attempting to make up for previous shortcomings. Check out the full post on our blog! https://ifixit.org/blog/13979/apples-2018-macbook-pros-attempt-to-solve-flexgate-without-admitting-it-exists/ Give Apple feedback! https://www.apple.com/feedback/macbookpro.html Sign the petition! https://www.change.org/p/apple-fix-all-macbook-pro-2016-and-later-with-stage-light-effect-or-backlight-shutdown-flexgate Check out these videos for more information! MacBook Pro 2016-2018 Flexgate Problem - iBoff RCC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=602Q00G_8rw Macbook Pro 13"/15" 2016-2017 Flexgate. LCD stage light goes black after tilting. - Mac Plus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlmnOWNLbXg Subscribe to our channel for all our latest teardown and repair videos! null Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ifixit Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iFixit