Apple pays out over claims it deliberately slowed down iPhones
(www.bbc.com)
from L4s@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 09 Jan 2024 00:00
https://lemmy.world/post/10476450
from L4s@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 09 Jan 2024 00:00
https://lemmy.world/post/10476450
Apple pays out over claims it deliberately slowed down iPhones::The tech giant is compensating US customers and faces similar allegations in the UK.
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Apple has begun making payments in a long-running class action lawsuit over claims it deliberately slowed down certain iPhones in the US.
Apple agreed to settle the lawsuit in 2020, stating at the time it denied any wrongdoing but was concerned with the cost of continuing litigation.
The US case dates back to December 2017, when Apple confirmed a long-held suspicion among phone owners by admitting it had deliberately slowed down some iPhones as they got older.
But it was accused of throttling the performance of certain iPhones without telling its customers, and the uproar resulted in Apple offering a cut-price battery replacement to fix the problem.
Mr Gutmann told the BBC he was pleased to hear about payments being made in the US, but warned it does not have any bearing on the UK case.
He said Apple was “fighting tooth and nail” against the UK class action, which will next appear at the Court of Appeal who will consider a call from the firm to halt the case.
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Should have just given them free batteries…
So, what…$15 payout?
Before “processing fees” the lawyers charge, to accept/verify/pay the customers…
Why is the line drawn here instead of them being in control of “your” phone in the first place.
I mean in general I’m with you, and not saying they did nothing wrong, but battery management is a basic function of the operating system, so I guess if you create your own OS, you can have all the control you want. But Apple does have to make some decisions about how your devices work.
I believe you’re on the right track with “creating it yourself” suggestion because you would be able to change what it’s doing. If Apple provided the source code they used to make the OS then the users would be able to learn what it does and change it (if not as an individual then at least via collaboration or a 3rd party). Then the power save would just be a bad, unexposed setting instead of a power-play to get you to buy a new phone.
Nice.
Something doesn’t add up, the article mentions around 24 million iPhones, so that would be around $21.00 per phone.
Perhaps not all 24 million people will cash out? IDK.
Something else doesn’t add up: where are the attorney fees?