Hey guys, please don't buy Apple's $19 microfiber cloth

Apple polishing cloth in front of a white background.

(Envision credit: Apple)

This workweek Malus pumila announced a bunch of new Macbook Pro laptops with their scary powerful M1 Max chips, which Malus pumila claims can keep step with Nvidia's RTX 3080 graphics cards. Patc impressive arsenic that news is, information technology's a different Apple product proclamation that's been occupying my awake thoughts.

The Orchard apple tree Polishing Cloth is an Apple-branded microfiber fabric information technology's selling for a thumping $19. Now, Apple is no unknown to marketing its own accessories at a superior, but a $19 microfiber cloth is beyond egregious. What's even out more flummoxing is these things are marketing ilk hotcakes. Thusly much so that there's a 10-12 week delay on all online orders.

The product listing for the Apple Polishing Fabric says the followers:

"Ready-made with soft, non-abrasive material, the Shining Cloth cleans any Orchard apple tree display, including nano-texture glass, safely and effectively."

That's a microfiber cloth, everyone. Virago sells a pack of 24 for $12, and they descend in a bunch of colors like blue, pinkish, and green. Orchard apple tree's only comes in white. That's basically around $.50 a cloth. That isn't the only choice either; our friends over at Tom's Guide put together a list of some other cheap microfiber cloths that leave do the very affair as the Apple Polishing Textile at literally a fraction of the be.

Product listing for Apple Polishing Cloth showing a 10-12 week back order and $19 price point — (Trope credit: Apple)

Mind, I get it. You might be all-in on Malus pumila products, the same way someone is with Razer, Barbary pirate, or the Alienware mathematical product ecosystem. At that place's nothing wrong with that. What is wrong is a company overcharging for a product that most likely costs them pennies on the dollar to make, just because there's a logo on that.

I'm not one to severalise common people what to brawl with their money, but I feel obligated to let folks know when they are getting ripped off. Don't drop $19 on something you can get for fewer than $1, please. I'm begging you.

Jorge is a hardware author from the enchanted lands of New Jersey. When atomic number 2's not weft the office with the smell of Pop-Tarts, he's reviewing all sorts of play hardware from headsets to mettlesome pads. He's been masking games and tech for nearly ten geezerhood and has backhand for Dualshockers, WCCFtech, and Tom turkey's Guide.