{"id":1212950,"date":"2023-12-15T18:52:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T23:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1212950"},"modified":"2023-12-15T18:52:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T23:52:08","slug":"apple-is-settling-a-class-action-lawsuit-over-family-sharing-for-25-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1212950","title":{"rendered":"Apple is settling a class action lawsuit over Family Sharing for $25 million"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you used Apple\u2019s Family Sharing<\/ins><\/a> feature with at least one other person and bought a subscription to an app through the App Store between 2015 and 2019, you might just get a settlement of up to $50 from the company. MacRumors<\/em> reports<\/ins><\/a> that Apple will pay $25 million to settle a class action lawsuit that accuses the tech giant of misleading customers over Family Sharing.<\/p>\n

The feature lets up to six family members share app subscriptions with each other but allows individual developers to forbid people from sharing a single subscription if they wish to. The lawsuit<\/ins><\/a>, which was filed in 2019, accuses Apple of not being transparent about this and misleading customers by making them think they could share a subscription to every app available in the App Store. \u201c[The] vast majority of subscription-based apps\u201d did support Family Sharing, the lawsuit claims.<\/p>\n

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The complaint<\/ins><\/a> also alleges that Apple placed ads on the landing pages of some subscription-based apps that didn\u2019t support Family Sharing. This led \u201cmillions of customers\u201d to download subscription-based apps believing they would be able to access them through their Family Sharing subscription, it says, citing YouTube Red and a puzzle game called Brainwell as examples of apps that didn\u2019t support sharing their subscriptions with family members.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Apple has reportedly<\/ins><\/a> denied any wrongdoing and has only agreed to settle the case to avoid the potential costs associated with a jury trial. The company did not respond to a request for comment from Engadget.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/apple-is-settling-a-class-action-lawsuit-over-family-sharing-for-25-million-235208522.html?src=rss
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\nSource: Engadget – Apple is settling a class action lawsuit over Family Sharing for million<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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