It’s a shameless plutocracy at this point. The mask is off, no one is pretending to follow the rules.
Comment on Google pays $68M to settle claims its voice assistant spied on users
SynonymousStoat@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I was originally part of this class-action. When the lawyers decided to settle I refused to accept the settlement, purely because Google admitted no fault and also required us to agree that we couldn’t ever sue over the issue again in the future even if new evidence came to light. The dollar amount they offered wasn’t tiny (it wasn’t large by any means either), but I felt it was in no way a valid amount for what was being claimed. Not to mention the lawyers were taking close to or maybe more than half of the settlement money, which I find offensive considering they decided to settle the case and allow Google to wash their hands of the matter. Luckily I reserved my right to sue again in the future, but I’d either have to go at it alone or try to form a new class-action suite. I’m still incredibly disappointed that the lawyers handling the case backed down and took the settlement, I would have rather lost the case and discovered the truth than take a pittance and let Google off.
hector@lemmy.today 23 hours ago
PierceTheBubble@lemmy.ml 20 hours ago
One would almost start to think the lawyers were out for the settlement money…
melfie@lemy.lol 17 hours ago
Oh, come on, not all lawyers are vultures who exploit the law for their own financial gain. Some of them are retired, or dead.
SynonymousStoat@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
It was definitely the path that required the least amount of effort from them and they happily pocketed near 50% of the settlement.