Apple hit with class action lawsuit over the size of iOS on devices

[Dietrichw]

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On Tuesday a new class action lawsuit was filed against Apple in a U.S federal court claiming Apple does not properly inform users how much space the operating system uses when they buy a product or install an update. The plantiffs' attorney seeks both damages and changes to Apple's policies

"Using these sharp business tactics, defendant gives less storage capacity than advertised, only to offer to sell that capacity in a desperate moment, e.g., when a consumer is trying to record or take photos at a child or grandchild’s recital, basketball game or wedding," alleges the plaintiffs in the case.

 

 

[techgeek12]

It just seems that apple is going to win because even before you update i believe there are technical documents that show how big it is also doesnt show in the release notes by law

[TheSLSAMG]

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Go sue every other tech giant who has devices with non-upgradeable storage too, or else this lawsuit is meritless. I don't like Apple, but this is downright stupid. At the bottom of the purchase page, it is stated that the actual formatted capacity is less. If you don't want to read the fine print, deal with the lower capacity. As well, every update states the amount of space it consumes, and you have the option to do the update with a computer.

[Kyuubixchidori]

I hate how they always use radical cases like oh if your at a wedding and theres not enough room for the photo. maybe its the flappy bird or candy crush you installed.

 

 

what do they want? apple to list the capacity of the device after all the software needed? thats not how this works. thats like saying the capacity of a car minus the driver, because clearly you need them so its shouldnt be counted.

 

actually, thats a perfect analogy. and how stupid would that be.

[techgeek12]

In this suit i hope apple wins I don't like them that much and even since it is a class action I might be able to collect money but this is just stupid

[qwertywarrior]

does anyone know why (most) phone companies charge soo much for a larger emmc or what ever its called

arnt they actually cheap

[dragosudeki]

There is absolutely no way to make software completely idiot proof... But this is beyond idiocy.

[Guest Kloaked]

I don't even have to read the source to know they're from America.

[harrynowl]

So basically any other phone manufacturer with non-expandable storage can be sued too? Makes no sense to me... heck you can sue any storage maker as formatted space is always less!

[Victorious Secret]

So basically any other phone manufacturer with non-expandable storage can be sued too? Makes no sense to me... heck you can sue any storage maker as formatted space is always less!

 

 

My 1.5TB drive was actually 1.27TB after my NAS was done formatting it. 

#SpaceGate

[Priller]

SD cards FTW.

[Guest Kloaked]

#SpaceGate

You joke now; watch that become a thing.

[Nizkus]

My 1.5TB drive was actually 1.27TB after my NAS was done formatting it. 

#SpaceGate

You probably know, but it's mostly because HDD size is advertised as Terabytes but you OS shows its size in Tebibytes

[silberdrachi]

My 1.5TB drive was actually 1.27TB after my NAS was done formatting it. 

#SpaceGate

 

Holy shit my 12tb of hard drives formatted to 8.7tb!

 

#SpaceGate #ItsReal #SeeingIsBelieveing

[Umair]

'Murica at it again.

[StingBull]

I wish phone manufactures made 64 GB the bare minimum standard already. I'm pretty sure it's actually more expensive to make 16 GB modules now. You have to try to produce that low capacity.

[NickTheMajin]

So they plan on suing every single harddrive, ssd, micro sd, phone manufacturer in the world? They all do this. 

[Trik'Stari]

Just sitting here with my expandable storage.

[rockking1379]

this is just flat out stupid. granted if this had the space delta of say the surface where a 64GB surface only had like 20GB useable to the user, then ya i could see suing over it. but being able to use 12-13GB out of the 16GB advertised, thats about normal. not to mention, that some of these devices probably got OS updates which take up a bit extra space. like going from ios7 to ios8 will remove some storage from your device that you can use because the os actually got bigger...this just is stupid

[Dabombinable]

It would be so much better if manufacturers actually had storage set aside specifically for the OS on their devices, therefore giving users the storage space stated.

[Toddwjp]

i would argue that the only time its false advertising is when they say 32gb enough for 3200 songs or what ever without taking into account the operating software space.

[Mooshi]

Add microsd slot, problem solved. All these pointless lawsuits and anti consumerism, damn.

[Trik'Stari]

It would be so much better if manufacturers actually had storage set aside specifically for the OS on their devices, therefore giving users the storage space stated.

But that would make sense and be good customer service, and that's apparently not how you do business, instead you're supposed to lie, pay marketing people, patent troll, and see just how much you can bilk the customer for.

 

Add microsd slot, problem solved. All these pointless lawsuits and anti consumerism, damn.

"but that would require a removable battery or a little flappy thing stuff could get into!". At least that's how I've had apple fans respond to me when I suggested they include expandable storage.

[TheSLSAMG]

It would be so much better if manufacturers actually had storage set aside specifically for the OS on their devices, therefore giving users the storage space stated.

But then how much space should be set aside? OSes are not a fixed size, they can increase or decrease exponentially at the will of the manufacturer/devloper.

[TheSLSAMG]

But that would make sense and be good customer service, and that's apparently not how you do business, instead you're supposed to lie, pay marketing people, patent troll, and see just how much you can bilk the customer for.

 

"but that would require a removable battery or a little flappy thing stuff could get into!". At least that's how I've had apple fans respond to me when I suggested they include expandable storage.

They're fucking stupid then, because the HTC One M8 does this with a non-removable battery and a SIM-slot-like tray.