JMaille

So I've been using Apple products for a few years now, and as for forcing or coercing people to use iCloud, I don't see it.  There are better options for cloud storage than iCloud, many of which are far cheaper and have better functionality.  There are definitely backup options that are far better in functionality.  And based on my own experience, integrating at least some of these options in to the Apple ecosystem is extremely easy.

As far as I can see the only advantage Apple has over the others is name recognition.  There are so many other options many people just go with Apple because they recognize the name and stick with it.  It's easy.  Not easier to use, but easier to pick -- you don't have to do any research or thinking.

And if there is anything obvious about America today it's that the majority of people hate to do research or think.

So from my point of view the real question here is whether Apple is responsible because their users are lazy.   

Unfortunately, given that extreme laziness is obviously a very common trait among Americans, the lawyers for the plaintiffs here have an extremely good chance of convincing a lazy judge and lazy jury that their line of bullshit means that Apple is responsible for their client's laziness.

Maybe, it's not just laziness... Probably a hefty dose of stupidity too.

Further evidence that the United States Constitution is no longer relevant, nor the guiding document of the law in the Untied States of America.  Watch out Amazon, Google, Target, Walmart, and every other business owner in America, they'll be coming for you in the future...

I was going to post a comment about this before all the Apple haters jumped in and started spouting nonsense about this being a big win for developers and consumers, but then I decided why bother.  It's obvious we're all screwed anyway.  This isn't even a big enough issue to be a bump in the road.