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 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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