Jury says Google must pay California Android smartphone users $314.6m (www.theguardian.com)
from return2ozma@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 02 Jul 03:29
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Kolanaki@pawb.social on 02 Jul 03:33 next collapse

Can’t wait to get my fifty-two cents!

JustARegularNerd@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 02 Jul 06:24 collapse

Even if it were split evenly across the estimated 14m residents, it only comes to a grand total of $22.47

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Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world on 02 Jul 06:41 next collapse

After correcting for how many of those are cellphone users, then correcting for how many of those are android users, then correcting for how many of those are the plan owners, it would be considerably more.

…until you correct for the lawyers fee, then it goes back to $22.47

skeptomatic@lemmy.ca on 02 Jul 09:11 next collapse

Lawyers own the best middleman injection strategy in history.

JustARegularNerd@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 02 Jul 09:12 next collapse

I probably should have clarified that the 14m number was the estimated number of Californian residents that have Android phones as per the article, but my comment was moreso me overanalysing a joke.

Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world on 02 Jul 09:26 collapse

Ah, my mistake

SpoopyKing@lemmy.sdf.org on 02 Jul 13:45 collapse

According to the case website, it looks like it’s only people who own a device made by Google that runs their voice assistant. So, Samsung Android users are not included, but anyone with a Google Home device or a Chromecast is included

Raiderkev@lemmy.world on 02 Jul 12:25 collapse

Eh, half of them are probably iPhone users. I’m boutta be a $40aire baby!

Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io on 02 Jul 14:39 collapse

Go BIG! Or go home.

HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world on 02 Jul 03:53 next collapse

Must be nice to be one of those lawyers

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world on 02 Jul 04:59 next collapse

Google: “Meh. Cost of doing business. We’re certainly not going to stop or anything…”

neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 02 Jul 07:20 next collapse

Each?

huppakee@feddit.nl on 02 Jul 07:41 next collapse

In the Netherlands there is also a class-action lawsuit coming up, guess there is roughly the same amount of android users here. Maybe a bit more. Will be interesting to see how much lower that amount will be.

ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world on 02 Jul 08:46 next collapse

california android. was that before or after ice cream sandwich?

topherclay@lemmy.world on 02 Jul 12:10 collapse

Those food based subversion names are all alphabetical. I guess back then they didn’t have enough avocados in the code to call it “California style” so they went with “Cupcake.”

not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 02 Jul 21:32 collapse

EACH!?