Epic will pay off class-action loot-box settlement with in-game currency

Re:Epic will pay off class-action loot-box settlement with i... by A12-B on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @10:41AM (#26238526)

Lol, I'm sure every single person in the class action suit agreed to the settlement, and otherwise would be able to afford to sue them again. Right.

Settlements are decided by a single class representative, and other class members are often not given notice of their right to opt-out or counter-sue.

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Re:Epic will pay off class-action loot-box settlement with i... by sudhirj on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @10:56AM (#26238748)

And that's why you'd opt into a class action in the first place. You have a problem, you elect someone to handle it for you, give them decision making power and accept the outcome they've been able to achieve. It's just democracy, no?

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Re:Epic will pay off class-action loot-box settlement with i... by Arubis on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @11:00AM (#26238797)

All of this makes sense except for the bit about democracy. That's unrelated; this happens to be a process that's in use here, but it would work just as well in a monarchy.

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