Apple "deleted people's music" without their consent
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Apple is said to have forced iPod owners to remove music obtained through rival services between 2007 and 2009.
The revelation came out during the court proceedings of a class-action lawsuit against Apple, brought by a group of businesses and individuals in California.
The court heard how iPods sold between the years in question produced an error message prompting users to restore their device when tunes from a rival seller were detected.
During the restoration process, the offending tracks were wiped, but users were not informed of their deletion, according to The Wall Street Journal. (read the full article)
"Apple security director Augustin Farrugia has defended the practice ... he also said that telling customers their music was being deleted would only "confuse" them."
Why is this surprising? Every time I restore my laptop, iPod or iPhone, only the Purchased songs remain. Make sense to me.
This is actually one of the reasons I stopped illegally downloading music. When I like something, I just buy it now so I can keep it forever and I won't have to download it again.
Or are they talking about something else?
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mess after mess
this is why there's no hope for consumers.