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In a sane world Google would get a swift and harsh judgement against them for this. Don't be evil. lol. Anyone remember the glory days of the first sale doctr
by serge2k 10y ago
In a sane world Google would get a swift and harsh judgement against them for this.
Don't be evil. lol.
Anyone remember the glory days of the first sale doctrine? Before we started letting companies essentially make arbitrary binding rules at their whim.
- moyta 10y agoIf anyone banned bothers to file a small claims case against Google, they could likely win. I've successfully won cases with significantly more grey area against well informed people in small claims, and Google would be compelled to send a company representative who is wholly unfamiliar with the law and what the case is about due to the way small claims court works. The most likely outcome is Google will settle well before trial since they know the odds are against them, and the cost to fight it (just in labor) is much more than the cost of any Pixel phone.
- brazzledazzle 10y agoI'm sure it varies wildly from state-to-state and country-to-country but I believe where they are required to send a representative that's an employee they can send a lawyer that that they have on staff since they meet the requirement. That said I'm not sure what advantage they'd have since small claims is a very different beast. Not to mention the costs to do so would almost certainly exceed the judgement. Might even be cheaper to simply default than deal with the back-and-forth of settling the matter outside of court.
- fencepost 10y agoAh, but have all involved basically signed away the right to sue through a mandatory arbitration clause in the user agreements?