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by billyhoffman 1718 days ago
These are not remotely comparable.

One is a company that built a product with a design flaw effecting only one aspect of the product (cell radio) that was only triggered under certain circumstances (placing you fingers in certain positions). A civil lawsuit against the company caused the company to issue a fix (free bumper case which insulated the antenna) that retroactively fixed all products that shipped with the flaw.

The other is a medical device company that sold a product that didn’t work, giving incorrect results that directly informed how people treated or even detected health problems. People inside the company knew this and lied anyway, repeatedly, and then those people induced and conspired with others to hide their fraud. Those specific people are now facing criminal charges.