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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by jdminhbg on Thursday March 21, 2024 @12:23PM (#39780674)
Sure, but that doesn't change the point. The App Store exists as it is because the iPhone was a phone and that's how things were done on phones. Apple didn't create the model, they just continued it.
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by hamandcheese on Thursday March 21, 2024 @05:09PM (#39784437)
Computer vs phone definitely changes the point.

The iPhone is a computer, but unlike past computers it introduced a walled-garden App Store.

Also, software on phones before the iPhone was also gate-kept by carriers. Apple was not maintaining the status quo. They were changing it for their benefit.

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