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If you’re subscribed to one of Apple’s services — including Apple Music and Apple TV+ — you could be eligible for a piece of tech giant’s $25 million settlement of a class action lawsuit.

The case, Walter Peters v. Apple Inc., alleged that Apple was running “deceptive and misleading” advertisements for its Family Sharing feature which allows as many as six users to use Apple’s subscription-based apps like News+, Music, TV+, and Arcade, in a story first reported by MacRumors.

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The ads were run across “virtually all” of the Apple App Store’s subscription-based apps even though app developers of third-party apps had the choice to opt out of allowing a singular subscription to be shared by multiple people. In turn, most of the apps did not actually support the family sharing feature.

The lawsuit alleges that millions of customers were tricked into purchasing subscriptions through third-party apps. Apple denied it had any wrongdoing in the settlement.

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Subscribers are considered eligible if they are based in the U.S., had a family sharing plan with at least one other member, and bought a subscription to a third-party application. These requirements must have been done anytime from June 21, 2015 to Jan. 30, 2019.

According to the settlement, users can receive up to $30 for filing their claim. The total may be small for some, but $30 over just a few minutes of time could still be a small win — and could pay for a nice meal or two!

If you want to know more about your eligibility and the lawsuit, you can visit the settlement’s website, though the site does say that emails had already been sent out to eligible parties. 

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