Class Action suit says Apple forced iPhone users to upgrade to iOS 7 to save it money

Apple soon had to do away with peer-to-peer connections for FaceTime thanks to the first verdict in the VirnetX infringement suit, which was won by the latter. Apple was directed to pay $368 million to VirnetX (an amount that was eventually lowered in subsequent trials). The worse part of the verdict was that it forced Apple to stop using peer-to-peer for FaceTime. And the relay system, which originally was used on only 5% to 10% of FaceTime calls, soon was employed on a much larger percentage of FaceTime calls. Apple had to pay Akamai $50 million from April through September 2013 to relay audio and video from one iPhone to another.
Starting on April 16, 2014, Apple started the FaceTime break, blaming it on a bug from an expiring device certificate. Apple's support page at the time even repeated that story. Apple said on the support page that both the user and the friend he/she was trying to FaceTime with would no longer experience any issues if they updated to the newest build of iOS, which was iOS 7.0.4 at the time. This was Apple's way to get out from under the monthly payments it was making to Akamai. Remember, iOS 7 and higher employed the new peer-to-peer system for FaceTime that did not infringe on VirnetX's patents.
The Class Action suit charges Apple with forcing owners of the Apple iPhone 4 and Apple iPhone 4s to update to iOS 7.0.4, a build that the older models could not run smoothly. Many of these older units crashed while trying to run the new software. As a result, the suit claims that Apple violated California's unfair competition clause and intentionally interfered with the possessions of others (a tort called trespass to chattels). The suit seeks an undisclosed amount of money.
Check out the official filing of the suit, which demands a jury trial, directly below.
source: Scribd via AppleInsider
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