Only fair. Since Microsoft stole Apple’s “windows” (GUI) idea, now it’s Apple’s turn to steal Microsoft’s “make it worse so they have to buy a new one” idea.
They did nothing wrong. But this should be a lesson to them, not to change things without making a big announcement.
Apple makes “good stuff”,
but they can “stuff it” with their dishonesty
There’s a chart out there that correlates Google searches for “slow iphone” with the release dates of new iPhone models. This chart demonstrated the correlation over several years and models.
The thinking is that Apple includes handicapping elements in updates just prior to new product releases, hoping consumers will decide to replace their “slow, old” phones with the new model.
That’s what I was hoping this suit was about.
For those who don’t understand how difficult it is to pack all that logic in a cell phone, this makes more sense than having to open up your phone every 2 years to replace the batteries.
Instead, try a Class Action Suit against Telemarketers if you want to make your phones last longer.
Apple is long due for punishment
They play nasty games with the customer. Sick of never ending updates...
Good. Apple needs to be taken down a peg or two.
Apple’s China products suffer a set back. On the bright side, it will be the lawyers new gold mine.
Apple makes me angry.
Internet companies do the same thing with your home computer.
“”If it turns out that consumers would have replaced their battery instead of buying new iPhones had they known the true nature of Apple’s upgrades, you might start to have a better case for some sort of misrepresentation or fraud,” said Rory Van Loo, a Boston University professor specializing in consumer technology law. “
Maybe it’s me, but the above statement makes no sense.
Even if that's not what they intended (which I'm sure is not the case) they should have known to inform the consumers. Bottom line this is massive fraud.
Apple needs to have their taints handed to them on this one. It needs to set them back a couple billion.
Two of my friends at work are big iphone fans. At least they WERE. One also has an iPad and said that after the last upgrade, after market chargers no longer work.
Because of this one-two punch, he said his current pad and phone are the last apple products he will buy. He’s PI$$ED.
And yet, they still have their followers sleep in line for a week just to buy the latest model year after year.
Yeah. Just like the dealerships must provide free battery replacements for automobiles. What a soft pathetic society we have become.
Bookmark.
B*tch all they want,, they ain’t gonna get a new free phone out of it.. unless Obammy gives em another one. most of them couldn’t spell hi tech much less understand it.
Buyer Beware? No.. Buyer get educated. Before products go out the back door to stores , they are as good as obsolete..
I hate this tactic. My Corolla took a software update and now I get 15% less fuel economy, some features no longer work and the coils started burning out. I ran the numbers and the total cost of ownership of my Corolla is now much less than that of a new Corolla which also has a warranty. So I’m going down Friday to buy a new Corolla so I can have a more reliable vehicle with more features and save money too!
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