This is badly prejudging a case in which you are not privy to things that, perhaps, only God and the plaintiff know the truth about. If you believe Starbucks is telling the truth, then why don’t you continue to patronize Starbucks? Surely you’d boycott Starbucks if you believe Starbucks was lying. The global disclaimer of responsibility is standard fare on both sides of almost all negotiated settlements in disagreements like this. Now if something comes out that shows this fellow was really shucking and jiving Starbucks and they folded to be PC, that’s different.
I don’t go to Starbucks because I hate coffee. I’ve heard from many people that their coffee is inferior for its price.