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Unfortunately we can no longer look at court decisions as arguments either way. Large companies simply settle out of court in order to silence the facts. - If

Unfortunately we can no longer look at court decisions as arguments either way. Large companies simply settle out of court in order to silence the facts. - If they are wrong and are successful in getting out of it, they might walk away with a judge "confirming" that they did no wrong. - If they are wrong and the evidence is overwhelmingly conclusive, they might write a cheque and walk away. In either case the public does not have any convincing argument based on evidence. Therefore we have to go by subtext. Apple was accused of slowing down the devices intentionally. They admitted the bare minimum (low power mode), then wrote a cheque that made the rest of the accusations go away. To me, that's as convincing as a verdict by a judge.

zepto 6y ago
Large companies and small companies settle out of court when the cost of fighting the battle isn’t worth it - nothing more and nothing less. We can deduce that there as no evidence of intent, since if the plaintiffs had such evidence they wouldn’t have settled for so little. Remember that this was a class action with a huge class, so the settlement amount is diminimis for the plaintiffs but a decent payout for the attorneys. I.e. they had no case, and Apple paid to end the inconvenience. This is obviously nothing like a verdict by a judge and provides us no information about the facts whatsoever, because no facts were presented. The presence of a court case does not provide evidence for the michaelmrose’s subtext. If it did, you would be able to reference some. Also, this further confirms that the original claim by michaelmrose that they lost a court case and that the court found intent, was complete bullshit.
- fsflover 6y ago
  I am impressed concerning how much you defend Apple. I suggest that you look at my favorites list about them. Maybe it will tell you that they aren't as good as would like to think.

zepto 6y ago

Large companies and small companies settle out of court when the cost of fighting the battle isn’t worth it - nothing more and nothing less. We can deduce that there as no evidence of intent, since if the plaintiffs had such evidence they wouldn’t have settled for so little. Remember that this was a class action with a huge class, so the settlement amount is diminimis for the plaintiffs but a decent payout for the attorneys. I.e. they had no case, and Apple paid to end the inconvenience. This is obviously nothing like a verdict by a judge and provides us no information about the facts whatsoever, because no facts were presented. The presence of a court case does not provide evidence for the michaelmrose’s subtext. If it did, you would be able to reference some. Also, this further confirms that the original claim by michaelmrose that they lost a court case and that the court found intent, was complete bullshit.

fsflover 6y ago
I am impressed concerning how much you defend Apple. I suggest that you look at my favorites list about them. Maybe it will tell you that they aren't as good as would like to think.