Spawned by the U.S. DOJ’s antitrust action against Apple, the compan is facing multiple class-action lawsuits that could affect millions of consumers.
Keerthi Vedantam for Kiplinger:
[A]t least three class-action suits in California and New Jersey were filed on March 22, a day after the DOJ and 16 other state and district attorneys general slapped the iPhone maker with an antitrust suit, charging that it illegally monopolizes the smartphone market and stifles competition. According to the report, the class-action suits bring charges similar to what the government alleges.
One of the class-action complaints filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California charges that Apple’s smartphones have technological, psychological and expense barriers that make it difficult for users to leave its platform and buy other non-Apple devices.
“By trapping consumers in its ecosystem, Apple has severely restricted competition from other smartphone manufacturers to unlawfully maintain a durable monopoly over the market,” the complaint charges. “As a monopolist, Apple has overcharged hundreds of millions of consumers on smartphones while generating historic returns.”
While these suits are still in the early stages, they are expected to eventually consist of millions of Apple users, experts say.
In general, class actions can take years to litigate, and that is if they are litigated. Some cases result in settlements, and the payout for each class member may not always be significant.
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MacDailyNews Take: The U.S. DOJ’s Apple case is wrong on the facts and law and should never have been brought, but that won’t stop ambulance-chasing vermin; nothing ever does.
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“One of the class-action complaints filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California charges that Apple’s smartphones have technological, psychological and expense barriers that make it difficult for users to leave its platform and buy other non-Apple devices.”
That’s like saying I bought a BMW and now I am trapped and can’t buy a car that is cheaper or with less tech. You can sue because someone has better tech. Wow
This is the US. You can sue anyone for anything if you have money.
That’s like having a BMW and being told where you can and cannot go.
The US justice system is broken. Of course, that’s stating the obvious. But what is more disconcerting is the willful obliviousness of many (most) to the damage the broken justice system is causing to our society. Our liberty is absolutely contingent upon the rule of law being fair, equal, and blind. We have nothing if we aren’t free and we can’t be free with a broken judicial system. Tyranny reigns when the courts become the vehicle of unprincipled politicians and lawyers to abuse the innocent, silence their opponents, cripple the successful in the name of equity, or allows lawlessness to go unpunished.
Money, and the corrosive power of crony capitalism has become the summa bonum of our society, especially of the political elites. The love of money is the root of all evil.
John Adams said, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.“ We now witnessing the truthfulness of Adam’s statement in the headlines each day.
If the US implodes, it will because of the lethargic indifference of American citizens to the corruption of our courts.
Beware. Take a look around you. Trust what your eyes see. If the courts can mistreat a company or an individual then they can do it to you.
Libturd DOJ just as corrupt as Libturd FBI
A to the Men!
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