And now the shoe drops.
So remember how everyone found out that Apple was throttling their older devices “to preserve the batteries”? Well, not everyone was happy about that. And now, because of it, Apple’s on the business end of two lawsuits.
The first is a class-action suit filed in Illinois. It alleges that Apple violated the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practice Art by not notifying users of its actions. Namely, since no one would expect this to be a battery issue, user would buy a new phone, which is advantageous for Apple.
The second was filed in Los Angeles. It claims that the throttling plan “was never requested or agreed upon.” It also assumes the same as the Illinois suit; that by not announcing it, Apple was profiting off of consumer assumptions regarding their phones.
While the suits have a relatively decent foothold, there probably won’t be any news on them soon. Class-action lawsuits take a notoriously long time to come to fruition. Though a few years down the line, some iPhone users might come into a bit of that Apple lawsuit money.
Source: ExtremeTech
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