Class-Action Lawsuit Claims Apple Intentionally Forced Users to Upgrade to iOS 7

A class-action lawsuit was filed on California on Thursday, claiming that Apple forced iPhone users to upgrade to iOS 7, by breaking one of the most used apps on such smartphones, FaceTime. Allegedly, Apple aimed to save money on a deal with Akamai.

The lawsuit claims that Apple intentionally broke FaceTime in iOS 6 to force users to upgrade to iOS 7 and thus avoid high data costs that Apple would have needed to pay to Akamai. The lawsuit claims that the forced upgrade to use FaceTime rendered older devices like iPhone 4 and iPhone 4s unusable.

Apple Insider showed internal documents that Apple released during the patent infringement suit with VirnetX, which reached the latest conclusion in October last year when a jury ordered Apple to pay $302.4 million.

iOS 7.0.4 often crashed on older iPhones

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