Apple settles Family Sharing class action lawsuit for $25 million

If you used the Apple feature with at least one other person and bought an app subscription through the App Store between 2015 and 2019, you could get a settlement of up to $50 from the company. MacRumors Apple will pay $25 million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the tech giant of misleading customers about Family Sharing.

This feature allows up to six family members to share app subscriptions with each other but allows individual developers to prevent people from sharing a single subscription if they wish. the , which was introduced in 2019, accuses Apple of not being transparent about the matter and misleading customers by making them believe they can share a subscription for every app available in the App Store. “[The] The lawsuit claims that “the vast majority of subscription-based apps” support family sharing.

It also alleges that Apple placed ads on the landing pages of some subscription-based apps that don’t support Family Sharing. This has led to “millions of customers” downloading subscription-based apps thinking they’ll be able to access them with their Family Sharing subscription, she says, citing YouTube Red and a puzzle game called Brainwell as examples of apps that don’t support sharing their private files. Subscriptions with family members.

Apple has He denied any wrongdoing and agreed to settle the case only to avoid the potential costs associated with a jury trial. The company did not respond to a request for comment from Engadget.