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Boy, I’ve seen stupid before, and I usually don’t gripe against anyone filing a lawsuit in this country. Despite the abuse of frivolous actions, this is one of the common man’s only means of redressing a greivance against a corporate or government entity.
That said. the class action lawsuit filed against Apple Inc. and AT&T in Santa Clara court is just about as stupid as it can get. It has to do with the issue of tying the AT&T wireless phone service to the iPhone and selling the phone in an “unlockable” state. Apple has never said that you can’t do anything you want with your iPhone, including unlocking it. The contention of the class is that by releasing update software that could potentially “brick” unlocked iPhones, Apple is engaging in monopolistic and predatory practices.
There are many ways to unlock an iPhone, either through software “haxies” or screwing around with the hardware. Apple is not obligated to know all of the methods of unlocking and, in my opinion, not liable for damages to an unlocked phone, particularly in light of the fact that when they realeased the iPhone 1.1.1 update, they warned customers in advance it could potentially render an unlocked iPhone unusable.
Why should Apple help you when this isn’t their fault? John Gruber on daringfireball has more to say on this matter.
That was useful, I must say…
Good job, well done.