On: Dutch governments builds alternative for Microsoft based on NixOS

[mitxela]

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.

[bluGill → mitxela]

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.

[mitxela → bluGill]

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

[bluGill → mitxela]

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

[mitxela → bluGill]

Yes, as a $19 profit per user.