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Re:Apple countersues Epic, seeks punitive damages by simonh on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @05:22PM (#24413573)
The other way to look at it is that I as a user hire Apple to vet and QA the apps released for iOS and manage my relationship with all those developers on my behalf. That’s the deal I knowingly enter into when I buy an iPhone and I’m quite happy with it.

If others aren’t happy with it that’s fine too, just get a different phone. I don’t see any justification for coercing Apple into entering into commercial arrangements and developing product features they don’t want to support.

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Re:Apple countersues Epic, seeks punitive damages by nullc on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @06:19PM (#24414234)
This way of looking at it doesn't justify _apple_ having a cause of action against epic for seeking to do business with you, consensually, without apple's intervention.
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Re:Apple countersues Epic, seeks punitive damages by dodobirdlord on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @05:26AM (#24419080)
Sure it does, Apple has a cause of action against Epic for violating a contractual arrangement, which has nothing to do with anyone other than Epic and Apple. The only caveat is that the contractual relationship in question might be found to be illegal. But it's not as though this isn't a case between Apple and Epic about a contract dispute.
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