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Could you imagine a class action lawsuit for not removing null characters at the end of strings in order to save bandwidth? A 2x multiplier barely reaches the
by ggggtez 6y ago
Could you imagine a class action lawsuit for not removing null characters at the end of strings in order to save bandwidth?
A 2x multiplier barely reaches the level of noteworthy. I look forward to my $12 class action payout, but let's be honest, this isn't going anywhere, and would almost certainly be a bad precedent. Legally requiring premature optimization would be the real world result of a ruling in favor of the plaintiffs. I can't imagine a result that would actually inhibit Google from continuing to advertise to you.
- Retric 6y agoWe aren’t talking about premature optimization, we are talking about Google forcing customers to pay to be spied on. Assuming there are ~100 million Android phones in the US and this is costing individual consumers ~10$/year that adds up to 1 billion dollars per year across the US. Which seems like the point of class action lawsuits and far more significant than most of them.
- ggggtez 6y agoCounterpoint: The lawsuit isn't alleging that Apple doesn't do the same thing. It only alleges that the data is more than necessary. So the case is purely about whether it's too much logging data, not whether there is any logs at all. And since we measure that logging in actual bits sent over the air, then yes, it comes down to a technical spec. I would be absolutely shocked if the court ruled as you suggest. That would be tantamount to suggesting that the business model of every website is illegal.