Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Apple being sued over iOS 9 Wi-Fi Assist feature Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 16:00:27 -0700 Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: <7f99274f4de65184ddbad41936e0cb3e@anemone.mooo.com> <562eaefa$0$5970$b1db1813$19ace300@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 24oH9kKAXToUyFZ9OEFJ4QCVRVBKKBjnGMY+FT10C76pb0gHEs Cancel-Lock: sha1:FOIVVtAa7jSSZWGYEGH1WwzQNY4= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.36.0.130206 Thread-Topic: Apple being sued over iOS 9 Wi-Fi Assist feature Thread-Index: AdEQQhqQojxhLBmJRkKipZ0WOfI67g== Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:84270 On 10/26/15, 3:53 PM, in article 562eaefa$0$5970$b1db1813$19ace300@news.astraweb.com, "JF Mezei" wrote: > On 2015-10-26 17:29, Lloyd Parsons wrote: > >> I did too. It isn't brain surgery to figure out how to turn it off/on. >> IMO, this lawsuit goes nowhere. > > There is a valid point of changing behaviour of a phone without warning > customers of it. > > If in situations where IOS 8.x and before gave you wi-fi signal with no > cellular fees, and upgrading to 9.x causes use of cellular data in the > same place, and Apple makes no marketing to inform users of it, there is > some cause for concern. (depends on consumer protections in effect where > the lawsuit is being filed). > > This isn't about the change being illegal, it is about Apple making a > change without adequate warning. > I think they should have had, at least, a pop up warning for the first time it was switching over. -- * OS X / Linux: What is a file? * Mint MATE Trash, Panel, Menu: * Mint KDE working with folders: * Mint KDE creating files: * Mint KDE help: * Mint KDE general navigation: * Mint KDE bugs or Easter eggs? * Easy on OS X / Hard on Linux: * OS / Word Processor Comparison: