Apple, Epson face French legal plaints

Apple is already facing lawsuits in the US over accusations of having defrauded iPhone users by slowing down devices

Apple and Japanese printer company Epson are facing legal complaints in France over allegedly speeding up the aging process of their products to stimulate demand.

A French consumer association called “HOP” —  standing for “Stop Planned Obsolescence” — filed preliminary, legal complaints in court against the two groups over the charges.

HOP said it filed its complaint against Apple in Paris on Wednesday. A prosecutor opened an investigation into Epson last month, a judicial source said on Thursday, following a complaint filed in September by HOP in a court in the Paris suburb of Nanterre.

Laetitia Vasseur, co-founder of HOP, told Reuters the