Re:Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple case
by summerlight on Friday September 10, 2021 @09:53PM
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> No one seriously believes that Apple is claiming that the two things are literally physically impossible to split up technically.
Except Apple in the court does. That is the exact stance why they cannot allow third party stores and browser engines since those are technically a part of indivisible OS services. Of course, this is obviously BS and inconsistent to many other Apple's business practice, anyway it's their official legal stance in nearly all of its antitrust lawsuits.
Re:Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple case
by dpkonofa on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @10:49PM
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That's not true at all. They're not claiming they can't split it up technically. They're claiming that part of the end-to-end user experience is that users trust the App Store because Apple has oversight into the entire chain from downloading apps to the OS to taking payment information on their devices. If they have to open it up to other parties, then that chain of trust is broken.
I just don't see how your "then" follows from your "if" at all! The integration of iOS and the App Store is from a user's perspective. No one seriously believes that Apple is claiming that the two things are literally physically impossible to split up technically. You might as well be arguing that it boggles the mind for the calculator app to be free, but for iCloud storage to cost money!