Did Verizon charge deeply misleading fees whose sole purpose is to make it hard to tell how much you'll actually be paying when you sign up for the "$59.99*†‡" plan?
Yes, unquestionably.
Is this morally reprehensible?
Unless your entire notion of "morality" is "what it's possible to get away with legally," yes, unquestionably.
Do they plan to continue doing this, despite it being abundantly clear that it's morally reprehensible and legally at least questionable?
Yes, that's the entire point of the article.
So yes: the plaintiffs settling is absolutely a "technicality" if what you're concerned about is justice, rather than pure legal procedure.
> Did Verizon charge deeply misleading fees whose sole purpose is to make it hard to tell how much you'll actually be paying when you sign up for the "$59.99*†‡" plan?
On page 10 the administrative fees are clearly spelled out. I think it's safe to say that the fees are buried, but is that "deeply misleading"? I don't know, because the question in fundamentally subjective. The same goes for "morally reprehensible".
>Do they plan to continue doing this, despite it being abundantly clear that it's morally reprehensible and legally at least questionable?
The article mentions they changed their marketing/communication materials to make it more obvious. It's not like they're doing everything the same. That would be dumb.
>So yes: the plaintiffs settling is absolutely a "technicality" if what you're concerned about is justice, rather than pure legal procedure.
Justice arguably includes legal procedure. Summarily executing a rapist on the scene isn't justice, even if we know for a fact the perpetrator did it.
Yes, unquestionably.
Is this morally reprehensible?
Unless your entire notion of "morality" is "what it's possible to get away with legally," yes, unquestionably.
Do they plan to continue doing this, despite it being abundantly clear that it's morally reprehensible and legally at least questionable?
Yes, that's the entire point of the article.
So yes: the plaintiffs settling is absolutely a "technicality" if what you're concerned about is justice, rather than pure legal procedure.