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Comment by mitxela

2 days ago

In a class action they give $1 to every user they scammed $20 out of, and the lawyers charge $2 per user so you actually get nothing.

The point of a class action is it isn't worth your while to go after them for $20 - you would win $20 - but then you have to pay your lawyers a million dollars. However if enough people were scammed the lawyers can get their pay, and better yet the cost is high enough that the company is likely to learn a lesson.

  • For some reason they always only manage to recover 1% of the money

    • It is still a large enough number that it appears on accounting statements. It is reported to investors. That is there are enough negatives that it gets attention and tends to change behavior

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