Apple is facing a legal claim accusing it of effectively locking 40 million British customers into its iCloud service and charging them ”rip off prices”.
Consumer group Which? says the legal action – which it has launched – could result in a £3bn payout if it is successful, with the average customer getting around £70.
Apple has rejected the suggestion its practices are anti-competitive, saying users are not required to use iCloud. It said many customers rely on third-party alternatives, and insists it ”works hard to make data transfer as easy as possible”.
It is another example of the ”growing tide of large class actions against big tech” which has ”operated without sufficient constraint”, Toby Starr from legal firm Humphries Kerstetter told the BBC.
Källa: Apple accused of trapping and ripping off 40m iCloud customers
