Apple hit with over 1.8B euro EU antitrust fine in Spotify case

Re:Apple hit with over 1.8B euro EU antitrust fine in Spotif... by jonhohle on Monday March 04, 2024 @10:00AM (#39591267)

Similar behavior would have been to go to all of the retailers and say they couldn’t sell iPhones if they sold Android phones.

Apple sued for patent infringement and that was about the extent of it.

Suggesting that their behavior is at Microsoft’s level is naive.

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Re:Apple hit with over 1.8B euro EU antitrust fine in Spotif... by sangnoir on Monday March 04, 2024 @02:44PM (#39595027)

> Apple sued for patent infringement and that was about the extent of it.

You're massively understating the scope and scale of Apple's war on Android. Apple transfered patents to a NPE that sued Android vendors - possibly Google itself. Apple also spent billions on this war - Apple et al spent over $4B to outbid Google on Nortel patents, Google spent even more billions to buy Motorola and its patents, prior to that, Google had virtually no defensive parents.

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Re:Apple hit with over 1.8B euro EU antitrust fine in Spotif... by jonhohle on Monday March 04, 2024 @03:23PM (#39595540)

I said Apple sued over patents, you said Apple sued over patents. I think we’re agreeing.

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Re:Apple hit with over 1.8B euro EU antitrust fine in Spotif... by sangnoir on Monday March 04, 2024 @04:03PM (#39596069)

I'm quibbling with the phrasing of the last half of your sentence, as it's a bit of an understatement, no?

> that was about the extent of it

Apple didn't only sue over patents they already owned: they went out of their way and bought billions worth of more patents to sue with, partnered with patent-trolls who also sued OEMs on their behalf. So we agree, but the breadth and depth of Apple's actions was remarkable - they didn't just sue, they went to great lengths to do so.

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