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Class-Action Lawsuit Over iPhone Locking?
An anonymous reader writes "InfoWeek blogger Alex Wolfe reports that some iPhone users are mad as heck at Apple for bricking up their device in response to non-Apple-authorized software downloads. In a discussion thread on Apple's own iPhone forum, one user posts that he's 'Seeking respondents for possible class action lawsuit against Apple Inc. relating to refusal to service iPhones and related accessories under warranty.' Some who have replied to the post agree that Apple is being unbelievably arrogant and is ripe for legal action. But others say Cupertino is well within its rights to control its own device." Apple seems to have removed the cited post, but it is reproduced as screenshots in the article.
Update: 10/02 02:42 GMT by KD : Reader Cleverboy wrote in to note that the screenshots present in the article are of a posting on Macosrumors, not Apple's forum, and to question the conclusion that Apple removed any posting. The article has been updated since this story went live to make clear that the original posting by user "myndex" was on the Apple forum and was (apparently) removed by Apple; and that the screenshot is of a mirror post myndex made to Macosrumors.
Update: 10/02 02:42 GMT by KD : Reader Cleverboy wrote in to note that the screenshots present in the article are of a posting on Macosrumors, not Apple's forum, and to question the conclusion that Apple removed any posting. The article has been updated since this story went live to make clear that the original posting by user "myndex" was on the Apple forum and was (apparently) removed by Apple; and that the screenshot is of a mirror post myndex made to Macosrumors.
Nothing like a good ol' class-action suing..
"Hey look at me! I'm the company that can do no wrong. FUCK YOU CONSUMERS AND EAT MY SHIT!! I'm fucking Apple. How do you like them apples. I'm apple, you little piece of crap! Buy my make-up case candy computer and buy my pod and music. You don't get to do anything with it, because I'm fucking Apple, bitch. You're an idiot.. Go buy an Iphone now and you're gonna get AT&T because I make the decisions around here! It's my money; not yours. Are you licking my balls yet?!"
{BIG LONG DRAWN OUT LAWSUIT.. IN CONSUMERS FAVOR}
"Hi, I'm a Mac. I bend over backwards for you and I am a fair price."
--- We need more Ron Paul!
As the owner of a modded iphone (3rd-party apps only, I'm fine with AT&T), I didn't install the update. That's because I have more than one brain cell.
If I took you to the top of the Empire State building, and told you not to jump off, would you jump ?
- If you would, great. One less moron in the world.
- If you wouldn't, fine. You understand the concept "actions have consequences".
Would it be my problem if you jumped and killed yourself - hell no. I told you not to jump in the first place. If the culpability is yours in the case of a human death, why the hell should (ab)using a cellphone get preferential treatment ?
If you can't see the analogy, I guess you're another of those all-too-common people who lack any sense of personal responsibility. You were warned not to update the phone if you'd hacked it because it would break. You updated it. It broke. Your fault and yours alone. Deal.
Simon.
Physicists get Hadrons!