If you’re an iPhone or an iPad user – if you pay for Apple’s iCloud service, to be exact – you could be entitled to your share of a £3 billion (approximately $3.8 billion) legal claim that a consumer’s organization filed in the UK.
If you’re an iPhone or an iPad user – if you pay for Apple’s iCloud service, to be exact – you could be entitled to your share of a £3 billion (approximately $3.8 billion) legal claim that a consumer’s organization filed in the UK.
This comes mere hours after the EU notified Apple that it may be violating anti-geo-blocking rules with its online services.
Approximately 40 million iPhone and iPad users in the UK may be eligible to receive a portion of this almost $4 billion compensation claim against the Cupertino giant.
Consumer rights organization « Which? » alleges that Apple has violated UK competition law. How? Well, the group argues, by limiting users’ choice of cloud storage services. What’s more, then nudging them towards its own iCloud service without adequately informing them about alternative options that could work on iOS devices.
« Which? » contends that iPhone and iPad users have been pushed into relying on Apple’s iCloud, allowing the company to charge more than it would if it faced strong competition from other cloud storage providers.
