That&#x27;s certainly a valid concern; I have never been in that situation so yeah that could be trouble. Aren&#x27;t there typically local repair centers that do authorized repairs? If not that&#x27;s a huge oversight even if they only allowed battery swaps. That said, I have a 2006 MBP that is ancient and still works when wired to power even though I can replace the battery it works fine as an email&#x2F;web browsing headless with a monitor.