With a bit of exaggeration, we can say: “another week, another lawsuit.” It is true, Apple heading to court again. The lawsuit was filed in the Northern District of California. The reason is perhaps a bit laughable, as it is the umpteenth lawsuit dealing with this case. Surely you remember when Apple do iOS 10.2.1 added an "improvement" that would reduce the iPhone's performance under certain conditions to protect its battery. If the battery was already worn out, the entire phone would shut down under higher loads.
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This hack targeted iPhones 6, 6 Plus, 6s, 6s Plus, SE, 7, and 7 Plus. After the truth came out, there was a backlash against AppA huge wave of discontent was raised against the law. This included filing lawsuits, which Apple they accused him of wanting customers to buy a new device. Apple it soon came with a Battery Health feature that shows the user their battery status. If the total value is below 80%, replacement is recommended. One would say that after years people have already "cooled down" and will no longer engage in legal disputes over this issue, which were really frequent at the time. Perhaps a little surprisingly, this was not the case.
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In the lawsuit, plaintiffs allege that the California tech giant violated the state's Computer Fraud Act, the Access to Data Act, and engaged in unfair business practices and deceptive advertising. Unspecified damages, court fees and attorney's fees are sought. Whereas the Apple having already lost similar disputes in court several times, it would probably not be unusual if he did not walk away from it with his head held high this time either. This case was really in the stomach of many people. In April 2018, the Californian court combined 61 lawsuits in this matter into one collective action, taking into account the principle of the economy of legal proceedings. It will certainly be interesting to see how this case develops.
I wonder whenonesomeone is suing Apple for deliberately slowing down iPads by turning older devices into bricks. It's interesting that they didn't release the information about battery status and reduced performance even for iPads, and no one is solving it.
Yes, I would also appreciate the condition of the battery on the iPads
And I thought it was there. Otherwise, I agree. I don't understand why iPads are ignored.
I don't understand at all that something like that Applu can pass.
I would understand if there was an item in the menu "power reduction to extend the life of the device on a single charge" and it was an optional item for those who do not want to change the battery in the service. The rest of the users would drive as normal, with the fact that their mobile phone would last for maybe half a day or they would say to themselves "OK, two years, the battery is enough, I'm going to change it".
Their step back then simply cannot be beat.
And if devices were also turned off, then that is a HW error, because this is simply not normal in the world of mobile phones.
Apple would deserve a really significant financial sanction in the order of a billion dollars for these and similar cases, including a special sanction for the CEO as the main culprit who decided on it!!
The case is essentially identical to, for example, Dieselgate, in which VW had for approx. the amount prepared for the case is in the order of € billion. That is, that he deliberately screwed up customers with the fact that approx. he will pay the fines, and that's not only why his fries are of such poor quality and overpriced, which applies to every car company.
I will only instruct those who do not understand the essence of the case and the damage caused, not to comment. Thank you.