Apple Pays Man $946 Compensation Over iPhone Tracking

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Apple was ordered to pay a guy in South Korea $946 in compensation over iPhone tracking. You read that right, nine hundred and forty six dollars.

Apple Inc's Korean unit has paid compensation to a user of its popular iPhone after collecting location data without consent, lawyers and court officials said, the first payout by the company over these complaints. In May, Apple Korea was ordered by the court to pay 1 million won ($946) in compensation to Kim Hyung-suk.
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you guys are totally taking it out of context. He won 1 million won!

;-)
 
Dr. Evil: I want 1 meeeeeeeeeellion won!
#2: <whispers in his ear>
Dr. Evil: Nine hundred dollars?!?!? Fffffuuuuuu....
 
Converting the money to USD hardly displays its value to the guy. That could be a couple month's salary if the cost of living is low.
 
TwistedAegis said:
South Korea GDP per capita is $17,078.
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Hmm, The list I have seen puts their GDP per capita at 29,836,which is just behind Japan at 33,805 and just ahead of Spain at 29,742...

These are all 2010 numbers sourced from the world bank.

So, are we saying that Japan and Spain are poor countries too?
 
Zarathustra[H];1037509801 said:
Hmm, The list I have seen puts their GDP per capita at 29,836,which is just behind Japan at 33,805 and just ahead of Spain at 29,742...

These are all 2010 numbers sourced from the world bank.

So, are we saying that Japan and Spain are poor countries too?
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Sorry, IMF, not World Bank.
 
1 South Korean won = 0.0009 US dollars

Is that their version of a dollar, cent?

I know a Yen is a little over a cent.
 
well even in the US that amount seems fair enough. Its not like he was greatly harmed by what Apple did to him.
 
Zarathustra[H];1037509730 said:
Korea is not a third world country (at least not South Korea)
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I didn't say they were 3rd world. My point that simply doing a unit conversion does not demonstrate the value of the money. I cannot find median income but he got ~5% of average yearly income, of which median is likely lower.
 
Team Obi Juan said:
I didn't say they were 3rd world. My point that simply doing a unit conversion does not demonstrate the value of the money. I cannot find median income but he got ~5% of average yearly income, of which median is likely lower.
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Fair enough.

Median income is $19,179, compared to $19,432 in Japan and $18.391 in Spain. The U.S. - according to the same list - falls in at $31,111.


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I read that amount initially with the word "million" behind it.

Oops... I'm just getting used to the wads of cash that companies throw at each other to settle lawsuits or M&A.
 
Zarathustra[H];1037509880 said:
Fair enough.

Median income is $19,179, compared to $19,432 in Japan and $18.391 in Spain. The U.S. - according to the same list - falls in at $31,111.


Median household income - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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And that's household income, so personal income is likely even lower. I don't think the 'victim' got screwed.



Household income is not to be confused with family or personal income. Household income is often the combination of two income earners pooling the resources and should therefore not be confused with an individual's earnings. Even though the term family income may sometimes be used as a synonym for household income, the U.S. Census Bureau defines the two differently. While household income takes all households into account, family income only takes households with two or more persons related through blood, marriage or adoption into account.
 
Interesting, wonder where Google pulls their data from, as it gives you a direct answer from the engine itself for per capita GDP stats. However the CIA factbook lists 2010 GDP per capita at an even $30k, which is a huge difference.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ks.html

Per the official Korea Statistics Dept, the average monthly income is 3,728,000 won, or $3,531.81, which works out to $42,381 annually. It doesn't appear they use the median as an official statistic; they show income quintiles, but without a breakdown of the percentage of the population in each quintile it doesn't give much insight as to the median.

http://kostat.go.kr/portal/english/news/1/7/index.board?bmode=download&bSeq=&aSeq=248055&ord=1
 
Team Obi Juan said:
So you are saying that people who share apartments (extremely common among young people in cities) should combine their income when reporting household income? That's insane.

I've lived in several apartments with other people. Most of the time I didn't even know them before moving in. I found the open rooms for rent on craigslist.

I always reported my household income as my own income, regardless of the other people in the apartment.
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Zarathustra[H];1037509925 said:
So you are saying that people who share apartments (extremely common among young people in cities) should combine their income when reporting household income? That's insane.

I've lived in several apartments with other people. Most of the time I didn't even know them before moving in. I found the open rooms for rent on craigslist.

I always reported my household income as my own income, regardless of the other people in the apartment.
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I am not saying anything.

I quoted the wiki you quoted.
 
Actually, maybe I am saying something. I'm saying household income > per capita income.
 
eon said:
well even in the US that amount seems fair enough. Its not like he was greatly harmed by what Apple did to him.
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Are you on the right forum? This is [H] where everyone want's One billion kajillion trillion flebalaillon dollars.
 
Roomates &#8800; Household. You are sharing your resources for housing only, not pooling them completely.
 
450 said:
South Korea isn't that poor.
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South Korea's ranked 12th on HDI 2010, just behind Germany (10th) and Japan (11th), and ranked above Switzerland (13th) and France (14th).
 
TwistedAegis said:
Roomates &#8800; Household. You are sharing your resources for housing only, not pooling them completely.
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Not sure you are arguing with me or whoever... but that's not how the US defines "household".


"Household income is a measure commonly used by the United States government and private institutions, that counts the income of all residents over the age of 18 in each household, including not only all wages and salaries, but such items as unemployment insurance, disability payments, child support payments, regular rental receipts, as well as any personal business, investment, or other kinds of income received routinely.[1] The residents of the household do not have to be related to the head of the household for their earnings to be considered part of the household's income."

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This definition of household is also how the number for South Korea above is derived.
 
I was actually agreeing with you and clarifying to Zarthustra, but I think in the end I might be wrong. I had thought "household" needed to be more tied together other than just living under the same roof, but looks lke I'm incorrect.
 
like above poster..
value of money is (almost)equal between USA and Korea.
things you can buy in USA for $1.. you can buy samething in Korea for 1000won(same for other way around)

although.. compensation seem to be low =x
 
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