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A comment on Epic’s decision to bypass Apple’s App Store policies was dishonest, says judge. Parent comment

Re:Epic’s decision to bypass Apple’s App Store policies was ... by jkaplowitz on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @05:56PM (#24633504)
> Presumably, if they’d said “because that’s what Google is/was charging”, it could be pursued as price fixing.

That's not price fixing if they make the decision to match Google on their own, rather than in concert with Google.

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Re:Epic’s decision to bypass Apple’s App Store policies was ... by sjwright on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @06:14PM (#24633657)
If Apple chose to match the existing industry standard percentage but has not fixed any prices, is that price-fixing?
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Re:Epic’s decision to bypass Apple’s App Store policies was ... by jkaplowitz on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @07:07PM (#24634110)
Not without coordination with other vendors, no.
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