Apple agrees to pay more than 3.5 billion yen in settlement after being sued for making false statements about third-party app subscriptions and Family Sharing – Livedoor News

Apple has agreed to pay more than 3.5 billion yen in settlement after being sued for making false statements regarding third-party app subscriptions and Family Sharing.

Released in 2014iOS 8It has been revealed that Apple has agreed to pay a settlement of $25 million (about 3.56 billion yen) in a class action lawsuit related to its Family Sharing feature that appeared in .

Walter Peters v. Apple Inc

http://petersfamilysharingplan.com/

Apple settles lawsuit over family subscription – MacRumors

https://www.macrumors.com/2023/12/15/apple-settles-family-sharing-lawsuit/

Apple settles Family Sharing class action lawsuit for $25 million

https://www.engadget.com/apple-is-settling-a-class-action-lawsuit-over-family-sharing-for-25-million-235208522.html

Family Sharing, offered by Apple, allows users and their family members (up to five people) to share content purchased from iTunes, Apple Books, the App Store, etc., as well as iCloud storage plans and family photo albums. It’s a job.

However, app developers can also restrict the sharing of a single subscription by multiple people. In other words, not all apps can share subscriptions with Family Sharing.

Apple was sued in a class action lawsuit in 2019 for not properly explaining this. The company “misrepresented how third-party app subscriptions and Family Sharing features work together,” the complaint states. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County in California announced that the class action lawsuit had been settled.

Apple agreed to settle the lawsuit, but denies it made any misleading misrepresentations and says it did so to avoid the potential costs of a jury trial.

As part of the settlement, one user in the United States used the Family Sharing feature with at least one person and subscribed to the app through the App Store between June 21, 2015 and January 30, 2019. It is possible to receive a settlement amount of $30 (about 4,300 yen). To $50 (about 7,100 yen) per person. Up to $10 million (about 1.42 billion yen) of the settlement amount will be set aside for attorney’s fees.

Please note that users who are entitled to receive settlement funds must submit their claims by March 1, 2024.