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She claims that she was not informed that she would receive a refurbished used device in the event of damage. These (below) are the terms of AppleCare and these are the terms she agreed to when she bought the coverage. Nowhere does it say she will explicitly receive a new device. "New or Equivalent to new in performance and reliability" is what Apple is contractually obligated to give her and "New or Equivalent to new in performance and reliability" is what she got. 

"If during the Coverage Period, you submit a valid claim by notifying Apple that (i) a defect in materials and workmanship has arisen in the Covered Equipment, or (ii) the capacity of a covered battery to hold an electrical charge is less than eighty percent (80%) of its original specifications, Apple will either (a) repair the defect at no charge, using new or refurbished parts that are equivalent to new in performance and reliability, or (b) exchange the Covered Equipment with a replacement product that is new or equivalent to new in performance and reliability, and is at least functionally equivalent to the original product. If Apple exchanges the Covered Equipment, the original product becomes Apple’s property and the replacement product is your property with coverage for the remaining period of the Plan."

In short, she is saying is "I'm suing Apple because I can't read a contract and my attorney is supporting me in this frivolous lawsuit against all sound legal reasoning because, you know, Apple."

maestro64 said:

It is all about better Optics and honestly the French aren't known for optics, that is the German and Japanese expertise. But really how much high tech has been known to originate in France.

This is very near Geneva (Switzerland). This area of France and all of Switzerland is well known for their high end imaging industry. AGFA has a huge medical imaging research facility just a few kilometers from here. On the consumer side, Canon and Nikon have also invested heavily in building research centers in France. 

prof said:

maestro64 said:

Brussels has to pay for all those free loaders they have been letting into the EU over all these years. This the UK wants to leave they tire of having to let people in who want to live in the UK for free.

I'm not quite sure why you think UK would be the first choice for "free loaders", there're much better countries in the EU for that.

This is rather quick to explain: There's still hope at some point (potentially after more tax relaxation) Apple would repatriate the shitloads of money they have all over the planet (but mostly in the EU) and pay a decent amount of money to the US treasury for doing so. If Apple actually has to pay proper taxes for that shitload, the shitload would diminish quickly to 3 quarters of a shitload and thus diminish the income of the US treasury. At the moment Apple is realising most of its income overseas and (re-)financing it in the US by issuing bonds (i.e. borrowing money).

The reason why nobody is actually doing anything about this besides just making political noise is because those that are in the know actually understand that companies keeping money overseas keeps demand for US Treasury bonds high which, in turn, keeps the dollar strong. When companies park their money in foreign banks those banks have to buy US treasury bonds to back and insure those accounts. 

Forcing companies to repatriate their overseas holdings would cause panic in the currency markets almost overnight and make our imports cost more and cut our buying power for many domestic goods. Then there is the other issue with foreign companies operating in the US that would be under pressure by their home countries to repatriate their earnings as a retaliatory measure. Foreign companies like Bayer, SAP, Toyota and Honda which do significant business here also heavily reinvest in the US. We would miss that money.

thewhitefalcon said:

Yay big government, down with states rights, right? 

Considering this was in response to a State deciding that a municipality didn't have the right to make its own laws on the subject, that's pretty ironic.

From Wikipedia: "Cover Flow was purchased by Apple Inc. in 2006, and its technology was integrated into its music application, iTunes 7.0, which was released September 12, 2006. The name was previously "CoverFlow" without a space." Examples of less 3D styles of web carousels can be found on google and archive.org searches going back to 2000 - 2001 era. I distinctly remember an animated slideshow object with next / previous buttons as part of GoLive CyberStudio (pre Adobe acquisition) in 1999/98.