Apple forbids consumer from taking their iPhones to third party for fix , and sometimes even bricks phones as penalisation . But Australia has said that ’s not cool and is litigate the tech colossus . Or , to put it in Australian , “ yeah nah mate , garn git hump . ”
Australia ’s consumer watchdog agency , the Competition and Consumer Commission , announce early this morning that it ’s sue Apple for refusing to service iPhones and iPads that have been bricked by software update . Bricking a equipment means that it ’s been depict completely unusable — about as good for urinate things like telephone set calls and Snappy Chats ™ and Twitter Tweets ™ as a brick .
The federal courtship alleges that Apple bricked the devices of consumers in Australia from September 2014 to February 2016 after those user had their devices repaired elsewhere . Apple refused to regenerate the phones after bricking them , which come out to be in verbatim infraction of Australian consumer laws .
According to Apple ’s terms of service , if you get something like a upset cover fix by anyone but Apple , the companionship does n’t have to observe warrantee , including the extended warrant of AppleCare . But Australia says that it does n’t weigh what Apple says — Australian legal philosophy replace Apple ’s bullshit policy .
“ Consumer guarantee rights under the Australian Consumer Law be severally of any producer ’s warranty and are not carry off simply because a consumer has goods repaired by a third party , “ the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Chairman Rod Sims saidin a assertion .
“ deny a consumer their consumer guarantee right wing simply because they had chosen a third party repairer not only impact those consumer but can deter other customer from making informed selection about their fixture choice including where they may be offered at lower price than the manufacturer , ” Sims extend .
It ’s certainly an interesting psychometric test of consumer right in Australia , though any sound judgment against the company would n’t halt any sway on consumer protective covering in the United States . The US has weakly consumer protagonism laws , though it did become sound to unlock your iPhone back in 2015 . We ’ll take what we can get , I guess .
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