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Apple to Pay $250 Million to Settle Class Action Over Delayed Siri Features
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TJ82
macrumors 65816
A rare win for consumers and very clear cut. We need a similar class action brought in the UK now.
nylonsteel
macrumors 68000
cristianer
macrumors newbie
Deserved. I hope they improve Siri for the iPhone 18; as it stands, it’s lagging way behind the competition.
They need to stop releasing new OSs every year. There's no need. Make a single IOS release every 3 to 5 years. Support it and the previous version for 5 to 6 years with bug fixes and security updates. The end. We don't need new features every 5 minutes like we lack attention spans or something.
jonblatho
macrumors 68030
What a useless line in a "news" article. Apple's legal team is not involved in actively developing products/services in any meaningful way. Zero pushback on their logic there? Really?
So explain this to me...i got the 15 pro max and 16 pro max around launch time...Traded in for both. I'm due to get almost 200 dollars because they coulden't ship their AI on time? DECENT!
I7guy
macrumors Westmere
No it hasn’t. Without getting into details, iOS 26 is pretty decent.
I7guy
macrumors Westmere
It could be the ceos time is being taken away by the lawsuit and the ceo has to function in wwdc, iOS 27 and product launches. So it’s worth $250M so Apple can make hundreds of billions.
I7guy
macrumors Westmere
My guess is billions of dollars in revenue were accrued due to these phones and Apple had to pay out $250M.
Seems like a net win.
AgeOfSpiracles
macrumors 6502a
Honestly, I think outlets like MacRumors should stop using her image every time this topic arises. She didn't do anything wrong, the news isn't about the ad itself, and it does nothing but expose her to misogyny in comment sections.
I7guy
macrumors Westmere
Apple simply changed their AI strategy.
2024: Apple was set to provide AI on iPhone. Many here vociferously declared, many times, they would immediately remove any AI that Apple provided/downloaded on their iPhones.
2025: Apple, realizing it would be much better (with far better security) to have AI running on its own custom designed servers Apple started manufacturing in its Houston, TX factory which would then be distributed in many geographical locations.
2026: And now... most people here, after learning the Apple AI settlement is small, are now complaining they really really wanted AI on their iPhone after all, despite claiming they would immediately remove it back in 2024.
Too funny.
2024: Apple was set to provide AI on iPhone. Many here vociferously declared, many times, they would immediately remove any AI that Apple provided/downloaded on their iPhones.
2025: Apple, realizing it would be much better (with far better security) to have AI running on its own custom designed servers Apple started manufacturing in its Houston, TX factory which would then be distributed in many geographical locations.
2026: And now... most people here, after learning the Apple AI settlement is small, are now complaining they really really wanted AI on their iPhone after all, despite claiming they would immediately remove it back in 2024.
Too funny.
The_Gream
macrumors 6502
The_Gream
macrumors 6502
Mate, to me, a long time Apple user, it is a known fact that hardware and software are generally released in September and generally parts of the software aren’t out tell much later. Hence, future features.
iOS 27 and the iPhone 18 have been having leaks now since like last year. Doesn’t mean everything will make it into the device.
People should have educated themselves and if they planned on being day one buyers, see if those supposed features had been truly included.
I am all for Apple being hit over False/Misleading Advertising, but if I was the judge, I wouldn’t reward a penny to consumer, but to a fund to help educate people as a whole to make smarter decisions with their money.
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Honestly they got off very easy. This is what I don't like about settlements, they get to officially say nobody can prove they actually did anything wrong.
And they made way more than $250 million off advertising features that still don't exist, and won't look anything like the ad if they ever do. They're already redesigning the way Siri looks in the next version, according to all rumors. So the ad is completely inaccurate in every way. False, is another word for the advertisement.
They outright lied about having even so much as a plan to make these advertised features happen.
They outright lied about the timeline.
Then they pulled the ad completely and tried to pretend it never existed.
If that's not false advertising then I clearly don't know what is.
Sure, people should research their purchases and not buy hardware based on things it doesn't actually do.
But Apple also shouldn't outright lie to its customers.
And they won't ever exist. As I mentioned in a few posts above, back in 2025 Apple, for better security reasons, changed course by having AI running on their own custom designed AI servers manufactured in Apple's Houston factory.
B4U
macrumors 601
I7guy
macrumors Westmere
They could have fought it and potentially won. But they decided to settle.
I was just thinking the same, and while I dont care too much about this one (like you I didnt buy for future features) I have to say, class action settlements are such a joke, they should cost the companies at least 10x as much as they typically do. They should actually hurt if they’re going to produce results rather than just a cost of doing business line item in the budget, like UPS budgets for parking tickets
But hey, I got $25 from the Facebook settlement, which at least bought a few cups of coffee