Apple provides its services and content with no guarantees — if something goes wrong or the service doesn't work as expected, Apple's financial liability to you is extremely limited.
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The clause establishes that Apple makes no guarantees about service functionality, content quality, or fitness for particular purposes, and narrows the categories of damages recoverable in disputes. This allocation defines the scope of Apple's contractual obligations and liability exposure under the agreement.
Consumers who suffer financial or other harm due to failures of Apple's services, content delivery issues, or account problems will find their ability to recover damages from Apple severely limited by this clause, with no recovery for consequential or punitive damages in most cases.
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WE CANNOT AND DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT OUR SERVICES OR SERVERS ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SERVICES.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the mobile application.
The Netflix service and/or some of the Netflix content may not be available at any time as a result of events beyond our reasonable control...we will not be held liable should such events occur.
"TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE ITUNES SERVICE AND ALL CONTENT DELIVERED TO YOU THROUGH THE ITUNES SERVICE ARE PROVIDED 'AS IS' AND 'AS AVAILABLE,' WITH NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL APPLE BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE ITUNES SERVICE, THE PRODUCTS OR THIS AGREEMENT.Excerpt from Apple Pay's Apple Media Services Terms
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The clause establishes that Apple makes no guarantees about service functionality, content quality, or fitness for particular purposes, and narrows the categories of damages recoverable in disputes. This allocation defines the scope of Apple's contractual obligations and liability exposure under the agreement.
Consumers who suffer financial or other harm due to failures of Apple's services, content delivery issues, or account problems will find their ability to recover damages from Apple severely limited by this clause, with no recovery for consequential or punitive damages in most cases.
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