Apple now faces 45 lawsuits surrounding “Batterygate”

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11 pointsjohnshades4 comments

I've been wondering this for years. What's with all the "...gate" business? Is"gate" an American suffix or something?

It's derived from the Watergate scandal

40 years of lazy journalists affixing -gate to everything to garner eyeballs.

Because yeah, batteries going bad over time is exactly as scandalous as the President of the United States deliberately breaking the law.

One needs to show harm. Given Apple's recent responses, that's unlikely. As usual, only the lawyers will make out from this one.