| ▲ | hiAndrewQuinn 3 days ago |
| An advertisement is not a contract, unfortunately. If we're going to talk legal, we need to talk in legalese. |
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| ▲ | Zagorath 3 days ago | parent [-] |
| They are (or were, at the time they had that slogan) an Australian company. I am an Australian citizen. Under Australian Consumer Law, an advertisement is absolutely legally binding. https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/advertising-and-promotions... |
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| ▲ | theshrike79 3 days ago | parent [-] | | So if an Australian ad tells something is "the best" or something similar and you can prove it isn't, you can get your money back? | | |
| ▲ | packetlost 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Usually subjective opinion isn't binding (though I'm sure there are exceptions to this across jurisdictions) | |
| ▲ | Zagorath 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | The link I shared makes it quite clear that "puffery" that nobody is reasonably expected to take literally does not count. Being told that the app you paid for would be a one-time payment, and then having the service deliberately degraded to try and force you into a subscription model, is clearly not puffery. |
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