Apple Forced To Clean Up Its Fine Print

Barence writes "Apple has been forced to tidy up its online terms and conditions, at the behest of the UK's Office of Fair Trading. The company has redrafted its Ts & Cs so that it now accepts liability for faulty or misdescribed goods sold from its website or the iTunes store. Apple must also ensure that its conditions are 'drafted in plain or intelligible language' and that they 'do not potentially allow changes to be made to products and prices after an agreement is made.'"

Comments

Re:oh, that

[mysidia]

I think you can be free and clear with iTunes on a technicality, as long as the missiles aren't equipped as a weapon and you don't actually intend to launch them.

after an agreement is made?

[nurb432]

So why is apple going to be held to a higher standard then any other company out there?

Changing products after the sale, and changing terms, is standard practice. Don't like the new terms, dissolve the contract and choose a more customer friendly vendor. If you want the new features that came out afterwards, upgrade. ( or conversely, if you don't like what was removed or added, don't upgrade. )

Re:Does such a fabled place truly exist?

[fast turtle]

Actually, there needs to be an Antitrust suit against the "House of Lords" for anticompetitive behaviour since they disallow any competition with their rule.