Charging for bandwidth of app downloads and updates would equate to pennies (relatively). It's not worth it. And would probably be deemed anti-competitive in the future anyway if they didn't also allow 3rd party app stores / installs (like in the EU).
No, no, no, no. They added 27% fee for _all_ purchases made, enforced via the audit of the company's books.
It literally was a new tax.
> The judge also referred the case to the US attorney to review it for possible criminal contempt proceedings.
Of course in the current climate who knows if anything will end up happening but all the same: good. It’s about time we started to see consequences for blatantly deliberate misinterpretation of court rulings.
Yikes. I really thought Apple was going to get away with all their crazy restrictions they came up with after the previous ruling (and maybe they still will, who knows) but this looks pretty bad for them.
"In stark contrast to Apple’s initial in-court testimony, contemporaneous business documents reveal that Apple knew exactly what it was doing and at every turn chose the most anticompetitive option. To hide the truth, Vice-President of Finance, Alex Roman, outright lied under oath. Internally, Phillip Schiller had advocated that Apple comply with the Injunction, but Tim Cook ignored Schiller and instead allowed Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri and his finance team to convince him otherwise. Cook chose poorly. The real evidence, detailed herein more than meets the clear and convincing standard to find a violation. The Court refers the matter to the United States Attorney for the Northern District of California to investigate whether criminal contempt proceedings are appropriate."
lordleft•3h ago
At the very least, not allowing apps to MENTION the fact that you can purchase items outside an app is ridiculously anti-competitive.
The truth is that we would never accept this behavior on a traditional desktop OS, but we've tolerated it in the context of iOS. I think that's arbitrary and I hope this ruling sticks.
cranberryturkey•3h ago
bigyabai•3h ago