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Apple Facing False Advertising Lawsuit Over Apple Intelligence Delay
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Good point.
My guess is that they'll take the Apple way out and offer 'X months free' to whatever subscription service they have.
I'm not a tax attorney by any measure, but I believe a company can claim both what you and I theorize as a settlement as a tax write-off. Think it's called "an ordinary and necessary business expense."
Fines or penalties aren't deductible however, at least not to my knowledge.
Just noticed notification from Apple Store to buy 16 pro because ‘it’s built for Apple intelligence’. Guess technically not misrepresenting.
No way they are going to offer free services instead of a partial refund IMO. They are going to want to get out from under this early.
Anyway, the attorneys would not even accept that offer.
We'll have to see what happens.
Opposing counsel can reject the settlement of free services under the argument that said settlement doesn't fully address the harm(s) caused by the misrepresentation, however that burden of proof is then upon opposing counsel to effectively argue.
I think that all of us who bought an iPhone 16 because of the AI advertised that never arrived, should be given a free upgrade to the next iPhone version once Apple AI is fully functional as originally advertised.
Their gaslighting is part of their new net zero emissions strategy.
If the wife was relying on Siri to remind her of the husbands birthday...
Leonardo DiCaprio STILL uses an iPhone SE 1 in 2025. Even celebrities prefer practical iPhones without gimmicks.
Why won't Apple follow this? Ditch Siri and Apple Intelligence and go back to useful iPhones.
And of course back to real advertisements with finished products. Because right now Apple is severely mismanaged.
Who purchased those phones for those features? No one, that's who. This won't of no where
There's the Gemini app for iOS but as you know, Apple has system integration locked down to Siri, which everyone else knows, is pure garbage.
Kind of agree.
Apple has been accused of false advertising and unfair competition for delaying the Siri Apple Intelligence features that it promoted when launching iOS 18 and the iPhone 16 models, reports Axios.
The suit targets Apple ads that showed off Siri features that were unavailable, and claims that Apple cultivated "a clear and reasonable consumer expectation that these transformative features would be available upon the iPhone's release," while also driving "unprecedented excitement" that convinced millions consumers to upgrade their devices when the upgrades were not necessary.
After confirming that the Siri features would be delayed until the coming year, Apple removed the ads, but that was after they had been running for several months. Apple is accused of advertising functionality that did not exist, and continuing to promote the Siri capabilities well after the company was aware that they would not be available on time.
The lawsuit was filed in a San Jose, California court and the plaintiffs are seeking class action status along with damages for customers who purchased an Apple device that supports Apple Intelligence.
Article Link: Apple Facing False Advertising Lawsuit Over Apple Intelligence Delay
It doesn’t matter. That was the sales proposition. That’s how product marketing works. They pitched it as the main reason to buy it. End of story.
No need to argue about it, but I’m sure there are plenty of people there who don’t even use their services. Makes no sense.
Feel free to exclude yourself from the class action if it comes to that.
I run iOS betas and I bought the 16 Pro so I could run the intelligence… So there’s at least one of us 😉.
Otherwise, I was plenty happy with my 13 Pro and would have kept using that.
now you put it this way, I can see how it falsely advertised to the 100M+ super bowl viewers
The most shameless, disgraceful, die-hard Apple defenders will respond to you like this: "Where exactly did you see Apple promise any specific features? Where did they promise a release date?"
They’ll accuse you with anger and indignation, as if you’ve personally offended them.
What’s the point in getting an inferior phone ? iPhone 16 is a better product, even without AI.
Count me in. I want a full refund in fact.
Apple has been accused of false advertising and unfair competition for delaying the Siri Apple Intelligence features that it promoted when launching iOS 18 and the iPhone 16 models, reports Axios.
The suit targets Apple ads that showed off Siri features that were unavailable, and claims that Apple cultivated "a clear and reasonable consumer expectation that these transformative features would be available upon the iPhone's release," while also driving "unprecedented excitement" that convinced millions consumers to upgrade their devices when the upgrades were not necessary.
After confirming that the Siri features would be delayed until the coming year, Apple removed the ads, but that was after they had been running for several months. Apple is accused of advertising functionality that did not exist, and continuing to promote the Siri capabilities well after the company was aware that they would not be available on time.
The lawsuit was filed in a San Jose, California court and the plaintiffs are seeking class action status along with damages for customers who purchased an Apple device that supports Apple Intelligence.
Article Link: Apple Facing False Advertising Lawsuit Over Apple Intelligence Delay