Apple Lawsuits All Around: MOSK: 11.15.2024

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Ken Ray

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4.8 • 972 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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- Which? Sues Apple for $3.78B Over Alleged Anticompetitive iCloud Dealings - Feedback on the Crackling' AirPods Pro Suit - TSMC Sued Over Alleged Discrimination at AZ Facility - IDC: iPhone Saw Record Q3 in India - ChatGPT for macOS Gains Limited Third-Party App Integration - Google Gemini Gets Standalone iOS App - Apple Announces New Store for Madrid - Apple TV+ Announces Premier Dates for “Mythic Quest” and “Side Quest” Spin-Off - Sponsored by Incogni: Take back your personal data! Use code MACOSKEN at incogni.com/macosken to get 60% off an annual plan! - Take a deeper look at iOS 18’s “inactivity reboot” on Check No. 400 by SecureMac - online at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @[email protected] - Chat with us in Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken - Send me an email: [email protected] or call (716)780-4080!

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0:00.0	This is MacOS Ken.
0:09.0	Lawsuits, lawsuits everywhere.
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0:24.0	It is Friday the 15th of November 24.
0:30.0	I'm Ken Ray and this is news from macOS Ken.
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0:48.4	This show is also supported by people like you, patrons through Patreon.
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1:05.3	Lawsuit, lawsuit everywhere.
1:08.6	We start in the UK where the British consumer group, which is trying to sue
1:13.6	Apple for $3 billion, roughly $3.78 billion U.S. The contention, according to a piece from
1:22.0	Mac Rumors, is that Apple locks millions of its customers out of its iCloud service and charges them
1:30.2	rip-off prices. For locking them out? I don't understand. Mac Rumors runs through what Apple
1:39.2	offers. Users get five gigabytes of free storage to back up photos, messages, and other content.
1:46.4	Apple says that's apparently enough for close to half of its customers.
1:50.6	Hit that 5-gibite limit, though, and users are encouraged to pay for more storage.
1:56.6	Rates in the UK range from 99 pence a month for 50 gigabytes of space to 5499 a month for 12
2:04.3	terabytes, according to the report. The way which sees it, Apple makes it hard for users to use
2:11.5	other cloud storage providers. This it does by giving its iCloud storage service preferential treatment and
2:19.5	trapping customers with Apple devices into using iCloud. Needless to say, Apple does not agree.
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