XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-12-10 21:35, Marian wrote:   
   > Tyrone wrote:   
   >> This was a couple years ago. His claim was that Apple "plead   
   >> guilty" in court in France to something. I forget what the   
   >> specific charge was. Nevermind that COMPANIES don't plead guilty.   
   >> It would be some person(s) at the company pleading (or being   
   >> found) guilty of whatever. He of course provided a link to the   
   >> story. Which OF COURSE he did not read. The link clearly stated   
   >> that France OFFERED TO SETTLE out of court. Apple of course   
   >> accepted and paid a small fine.  When settling out of court, no   
   >> one is EVER found guilty (let alone PLEAD guilty) of anything   
   >> because there is no adjudication by the court. Needless to say,   
   >> when the plaintiff (France in this case) offers to settle, it   
   >> means they know they have no case and are - in fact - just looking   
   >> for a pay day. So AGAIN, this claim was total bullshit.   
   >   
   > The French Batterygate case was criminal, unique in Europe because   
   > France has a specific law against planned obsolescence. Apple lost   
   > the case, paid 25M euros, and was forced to publicly acknowledge it   
   > on its French website.   
      
   Why must you lie?   
      
   The case never went to trial, so Apple never lost.   
      
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