Supreme Court says Apple can keep its App Store payment rules for now (www.theverge.com)

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[-] TheMadnessKing@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Quite sad news. Apple really doesn't get that much hate for all the monopolistic stuff they do compared to MS & Google.

[-] shapis@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

For people that buy their stuff. Their monopolistic behavior is a plus.

"All their stuff work so well together!(nvm that it intentionally breaks compatibility with everything else)"

[-] miket@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just to make sure this is clear, they didn’t rule for Apple or anything like that.

They simply said Apple doesn’t have to make changes while the SCOTUS appeal is ongoing.

[-] nostalgicgamerz@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What a shock. Certainly this wasn’t due to the fact that Apple has a majority of leverage with how the stock market fluctuates in the US

[-] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[-] Nogami@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Don’t know why you got downvoted. This makes perfect sense.

Why would a company be obliged to change their business practises based on the outcome of a court case that isn’t over yet.

[-] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] Nogami@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] corytheboyd@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

Apple created this entire market, and the entire market completely just doesn’t actually matter. If people stopped playing stupid fucking games on their phones, society wouldn’t collapse. It’s much much different than, say, health care companies putting a stranglehold on the industry they have created. People die because if they go to the hospital they will be in debt for the rest of their lives. I get it, fuck tech monolopies, but I find this one really hard to care about personally.

[-] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Disappointing

[-] navi@lemmy.tespia.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Mixed feelings. As an Apple user I really enjoy the consistent flow as a user in purchasing and with recent changes (likely caused by Epic pushing them) to indie dev cuts in the app store I am less worried about Apple over reaching here.
I really want to be able to side load on my iPhone easily.
I am really tired of hearing about these companies fighting over their mass wealth streams.

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