Isight no longer works after yosemite

My built in isight no longer works on my early 2013 macbook pro with retinal display. After visiting the forums , engaging in live chats with apple support and taking my computer in to the genius bar I've isolated the problem to a hardware malfunction that most likely occurred after the Yosemite install. Apple (at the apple store level) is not taking resposibilty for the problem and suggests that the camera needs to be replaced at a cost of roughly 400$. To make matters worse my computer is out of warranty and I did not buy applecare. Am i justified in escalating my grievance further up the Apple support chain to get my isight replaced at no charge ? My argument is that if the Yosemite firmware caused a hardware malfunction then its a engineering flaw and these MacBooks need to be recalled.

J-light wrote: ... Am i justified in escalating my grievance further up the Apple support chain ...
Yes.  It will not cost anything to ask to politely discuss your problem with a Manager.
Message was edited by: EZ Jim
Mac OSX 10.10.1

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