XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2024-05-28 03:06, badgolferman wrote:   
   > Chris  wrote:   
   >> badgolferman  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> If I was innocent of wrong doing and had all that money, I’d be paying   
   >>> lawyers to keep my name and reputation clean, rather than giving it to the   
   >>> government and looking guilty.   
   >>   
   >> Remember civil suits in the US aren't about right or wrong, but about   
   >> persuasion. Can you persuade the jury/judge not to find against you?   
   >>   
   >> Also fighting a court case is long-winded, expensive and completely outside   
   >> of your control.   
   >>   
   >> Paying off frivolous lawsuits is a running cost of large business in the   
   >> US.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > You assume the cases against Apple are frivolous, because well, Apple can’t   
   > be doing anything unethical. As we have seen with the battery issue, Apple   
   > is fully capable of being unethical and taking advantage of consumers. The   
   > consumer and tax payer is always the one getting screwed.   
   >   
      
   You assume they're not.   
      
   As for the battery issue, you're merely asserting Apple's actions were   
   done with malice.   
      
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