A Consumer Association of France called 'Stop Planned Obsolescence' filed a lawsuit against the two companies in court, HOP alleging that it filed a lawsuit against Apple in Paris on Wednesday, while for the Epson company The investigation started last month.
Laetitia Vasseur, co-founder of HOP, said the two lawsuits were intended to put into practice the French Consumer Protection Act, which was amended in 2015 to include planned obsolescence concept.
Recently, Apple is also facing lawsuits in the United States, accused of deliberately reducing the speed of the iPhone.These lawsuits against Apple Inc took place last week after Apple's statement, Apple said in a statement from last year to iPhone 6, iPhone 6s, iPhone SE push the system updates have joined a 'when the battery is aging, at low temperatures, or low battery power supply to stabilize the new features', the direct consequence of this feature is to make the iPhone' Slowing down. "Apple said before introducing this feature, the phone may be in the battery when the situation is poor for the protection of mobile phone electronic components suddenly shut down.
Under the French legal system, a company that deliberately shortens its product life to increase its sales volume will be fined 5% of annual sales.
An Epson French spokesman said Epson denied allegations from the HOP association that Epson is handling the incident with the government authorities and said product quality is of primary concern to Epson.
Apple France branch has not immediately comment on the matter.