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Supreme Court says Apple can keep its App Store payment rules for now
(www.theverge.com)
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I didn't downvote, but my understanding is Apple has already lost this particular battle and the company was ordered, a month ago, to stop rejecting apps that contain links to a website where you can buy stuff.
Apple has filed a petition with the supreme court but all of the analysis I've (by people more qualified than me) found the petition has zero merit.
Apple isn't hoping to win the case, they are abusing the legal process in order to continue to violate antitrust law for a few months longer. And I also expect when those few months are over, they still won't fully comply. It'll be a half assed effort and Epic will have to go back to the court and complain, creating a whole new set of legal bickering and court decisions against Apple which they will again be able to appeal against.
They've already been proven guilty of antitrust law, now it's time for Apple to start doing the right thing. If they want to argue the case further they should do that after they've changed the App Store policies. It's easy enough to change back to the current rules on the million to one chance that they might eventually win five years from now.
Ok, so when Apple has exhausted their last legal options. They’ll likely comply. To do so before that would open them to legal scrutiny from shareholders.
Companies need to take advantage of every legal opportunity they have. To do otherwise is foolish.