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Re:U.S. Justice Dept Considering Apple Probe: Sources by JumpCrisscross on Monday June 03, 2019 @02:53PM (#20086808)
> If the App Store is forced open, say goodbye to privacy and security on iOS

There are shades of grey between "Apple takes 30%, gets to reject apps for any or no reason, and gets to auto-install Apple Music in competition with Spotify" and flipping the App Store to the Android model.

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Re:U.S. Justice Dept Considering Apple Probe: Sources by zepto on Monday June 03, 2019 @03:19PM (#20087150)
Apple has never rejected an app for no reason.

If apple was constrained from shipping apps that have competitors, they would effectively be prevented from shipping any apps at all.

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Re:U.S. Justice Dept Considering Apple Probe: Sources by ceejayoz on Monday June 03, 2019 @03:39PM (#20087523)
> Apple has never rejected an app for no reason.

Sure they have.

https://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-app-rejections-2009-1...

> Why did the folks at Tweetie add swear words to their program? Actually, they didn't. But something crude happened to be trending on Twitter at the time the app was submitted for review.

Or Google Voice:

https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-blocks-google-voice-app-for-...

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Re:U.S. Justice Dept Considering Apple Probe: Sources by zepto on Monday June 03, 2019 @03:51PM (#20087688)
Nope. Not for no reason. By mistake, for sure, and in both cases the mistake was rectified.
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