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Re:U.S. Supreme Court will hear Apple's appeal of App Store ... by Spivak on Monday June 18, 2018 @02:37PM (#17340555)
> Businesses that potentially could be threatened by such consumer litigation are electronic marketplaces like the App Store, ticket site StubHub, Amazon’s Marketplace and eBay where individual sellers set prices.

I don't think the important fact of the case is the fact that sellers can set their own prices, but the fact that a single entity has total control over the distribution of a broad category of 3rd-party consumer good. So it's not Amazon and StubHub that should be worried, but groups like Nintendo, Microsoft's Xbox division, Sony, or The Blu-ray Disc Association.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court will hear Apple's appeal of App Store ... by heartbreak on Monday June 18, 2018 @04:14PM (#17341312)
> I don't think the important fact of the case is the fact that sellers can set their own prices

This is actually an important fact of the case. The case isn't about Apple's total control over the App Store, it's about whether end-users can sue.

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