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Apple Questions Funding Behind UK iCloud Lawsuit
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Losing 99%….. well isn’t that convenient.
Apple today challenged the funding behind a $4 billion UK lawsuit during a tribunal hearing, raising new concerns about the iCloud class action as the company battles further antitrust scrutiny.
The case was initiated by consumer group Which on behalf of consumers, alleging that Apple's iCloud storage practices lock users into the service and cause them to pay more for cloud storage than they would have paid under more competitive conditions. Which is seeking compensation and an injunction to prevent Apple from continuing the alleged conduct.
The proposed class period runs from 1 October 2015 to the present, meaning that the claim targets both historic and ongoing conduct by Apple. The application also seeks injunctive relief aimed at preventing Apple from continuing the alleged abusive behavior in the future.
Apple told the Competition Appeal Tribunal that Which had not provided enough clarity about its third-party funder, Litigation Capital Management (LCM), which is paying for the legal action. LCM recently suffered a severe financial decline, losing 99% of its share value from its November 2024 level, leaving it worth about $16 million. Apple argued that this collapse raised questions about whether LCM could still support the lawsuit.
It also said that if it were allowed to pursue an appeal later in the process or if Which's funding is withdrawn, Apple could face a significant risk of not being able to recover its legal costs because LCM might not be able to pay them. The company added that both Apple and the proposed class representative should have been informed sooner and more clearly about LCM's situation.
The funding dispute emerges days after the tribunal refused Apple permission to appeal a separate ruling in a long-running developer class action, which found that Apple had abused its dominant position in iOS app distribution and in-app payment processing. That judgment concluded that Apple's App Store commission structure led to higher prices for consumers and restricted competition, leaving Apple facing potential damages of more than $1 billion.
The tribunal has not yet indicated when it will make a decision and the hearing continues.
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You can’t switch to a different host no matter where you live. Apple charges extremely high rates for storage. I self host everything but photos, but only because Apple has forced us into this situation. They can sync your photos and videos to iCloud. But they don’t offer to let you plug in any of the several other storage providers. There are 3rd party apps that try to bridge this gap, but none work flawlessly. Apple could very easily make this an option, but greed.
They could make this as simple as picking a hosting provider just like you setup an email account for Mail.
C'est vrai? I'm looking in the Finder's interface on my Mac running Tahoe and seeing the familiar options to directly sync contacts and calendars to my iPhone running iOS 26.
Contacts sync was restored around 2013, and I'm using that now. Calendar I might need to check again. The older computers (on Mavericks and High Sierra) I use for syncing/backup only doesn't have it