Sorry what's not the case? I made two assertions in the quoted bit: - "small amount relative to profit" - "can't be sued by anyone in the class action" Most

Sorry what's not the case? I made two assertions in the quoted bit: - "small amount relative to profit" - "can't be sued by anyone in the class action" Most class action lawsuits levy penalties that are mostly inconsequential to companies in the long run -- in fact they just become part of the cost of doing business, and the market has realized this. There's never any danger, just a short term hit to already massive revenues, if that. Class action lawsuits are opt in, so if you've opted in and go through with it, you can't sue the company separately right? If you opt-out (after opting in) or refuse to opt-in in the first place, then you're right where you started... Being aggrieved in some way and looking for compensation. My point was that if you're looking for actual penalization of companies, class action lawsuits are basically fake justice that lawyers and businesses profit massively from. Remember when companies started removing forced arbitration because too many people started arbitrating and costs went through the roof? That's what I'm suggesting we do (it'd be great if there was a way to avoid overburden the public courts though).