Apple is currently facing one of the most challenging times that every giant company faces every now and then. With a lawsuit threatening its very reputation due to the alleged purposeful breakdown of Apple on its own FaceTime app to force users to upgrade to the iOS 7, the company sure needs to defend itself.
Apple Reported To Intentionally Break FaceTime
The lawsuit says that Apple had "intentionally broke" its own FaceTime app lastApril 16, 2014. This was filed last Thursday under the supervision of the U.S. District Court in San Jose, California.
According to Fortune, Apple had its intention of turning off the App by itself. The weird thing here is that the devices which ran on iOS 6 were the only ones affected. There are also reports that iPhone 4 and iPhone 4s owners were the ones who had experienced the most FaceTime breakups.
As what the lawsuit says, it was the intention of Apple to turn off the app. The purpose of the company is reported to all about saving money charges on the app's calls.
Apple Doesn't Confirm Accusations About Intentional Breakdown
If the users would upgrade to iOS 7, then Apple would surely save a ton of money. That is what they just did, they forced the users to upgrade.
According to Engadget, Apple was using two methods to deliver the video calls. The first method was through the use of peer-to-peer technology. This connected a device directly to another one through the call.
A "relay method" is also reported to be the strategy used by Apple. Meanwhile, Apple is yet to confirm regarding the legitimacy of the email evidence that is revealed to the court. Next time, what Apple should do is to be creative while maintaining that all of its processes are truthful and for the greater good. For sure, Apple can move on from this experience and learn from it.
