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Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by iso1631 on Friday April 30, 2021 @07:35AM (#26992125)
Of course Apple's music business was a whole separate legal minefield for decades

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer

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Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by maxerickson on Friday April 30, 2021 @08:28AM (#26992533)
They bought out the name rights 8 years after iTunes launched.

That payment was $500 million, but they were printing money from iPod+iTunes at that point (revenues of $9.5 billion in 2006, $10.5 billion in 2007). I'd call it an ongoing headache more than a minefield.

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