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Re:Google Play Developer Antitrust Litigation by resfirestar on Monday January 30, 2023 @10:36PM (#34590554)
In this case, Apple was sued in a similar fashion and settled in a similar fashion.

The settlement website: https://smallappdeveloperassistance.com/

Summary of the settlement: https://www.macrumors.com/2021/08/26/app-store-changes-devel...

Re:Google Play Developer Antitrust Litigation by ec109685 on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @12:00AM (#34591382)
The apple settlement is extremely similar to the Google one. You have to click around to see the terms Google agreed to.

Funny that when apple announced the changes, they made it sound like they were being altruistic.

Re:Google Play Developer Antitrust Litigation by jeroenhd on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @05:07AM (#34593359)
> Funny that when apple announced the changes, they made it sound like they were being altruistic.

Apple (and several other big tech companies) do that every time they have to give up a modicum of control or are forced to admit wrongdoing.

They will deny critical design glass in their hardware but "altruisticly" open up free repairs for a few months so their customers don't realise they're effectively just making use of their warranty when these flaws come to light. I'm pretty sure they still haven't admitted that the butterfly keyboard was a mistake.

Every time a big company pretends to care about their customers, look for lawsuits or product flaws, especially if they're in a duopoly position like Google vs Apple or Microsoft vs Apple.