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Re:U.S. Supreme Court will hear Apple's appeal of App Store ... by mchahn on Monday June 18, 2018 @09:13PM (#17343016)
> Games console manufacturers and media player vendors often maintained exclusive services software and content distribution right[?]

That must not be true. Atari had to patent a mechanical mechanism that its cartridges used in order to prevent others from developing for their system.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court will hear Apple's appeal of App Store ... by simonh on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @03:47AM (#17344540)
And doing so was not illegal. That's exactly what I'm talking about - platform owners legally putting in place restrictions to control access to their platform, often because that's the primary way in which they make revenue.
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