Apple App Store, Apple Music store, Apple Movies store, Apple Television store and uhhh Apple News. Checkmate EU
Really though, claiming your Apple App Store on 5 different hardware categories that you own excludes you from your monopoly is some bonzo horseshit. Can’t wait for the response on this one.
“Bonzo horseshit” is the new “cellar door”
EU says it’s not the EU fining Apple. It’s actually 27 different countries. Now pay up.
27 times
“Your honor, we actually operate 5 different app stores…that all just so happen to be called the same thing, share the same backend infrastructure, etc. With what you end up being able to see device side depending on device metadata. But they are 5 different stores, we swear”… /s
Or something like that.
And they all compete vigorously against one another, behind the scenes!
“Oh thank you for letting us know so we can verify that all five have been opened up. Wouldn’t want to miss one”
Wow, corporations are so hilarious
Did they start counting Cydia?
damn this brought back memories of installious and that other one I forgot the name of lol
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I think they mean 1 app store for each of their products.
The company in its argument to the EU competition enforcer said it operates five App Stores on iPhones, iPads, Mac computers, Apple TVs and Apple Watches, with each designed to distribute apps for a specific operating system and Apple device.
Ah yes, the classic “I didn’t commit a crime, I committed 5 crimes” defense. It’s a bold move Cotton, lets see how it works for them.
It seems to be a way to minimize the incoming damage. The EU would have to prosecute each platform separately if the argument holds.
And as someone who owns both an iPhone and an iPad, it’s obviously complete horseshit; If I buy an app on my iPhone and the same app is available on the iPad, it automatically gets added there too.
From the article it’s just the different stores for different hardware (iPhone, iPad, etc…)
what a bunch of clowns
So let me get this straight.
The EU is finding Apple in breach of their antitrust laws, and requiring Apple to allow third party apps on their platform, like how Android devices can install Fdroid or…can non-Samsung devices install the Galaxy Store? Their argument about why they shouldn’t have to do that is “we actually have multiple app stores”, at least partially counting MacOS, iPadOS and iOS as separate platforms that just so happen to have converging internal technology (they’re all ARM-based platforms now), branding and UI. Why do lawyers get to say irrelevant shit without repercussions?
Then why do developers manage all of those apps through a single experience?
Tim Cook is just three kids in a trenchcoat.
Actually it’s five sentient Apple IIGSs in a trench coat.
Just like Marvel Studios.
That’s a bold move, Cotton. Let’s see if it works out for them.
Thought it sounded familiar. And after DuckDuckGoing it, it was indeed a bold comment and the search definitely paid off.
This happened like a month ago. I recall hearing this argument before.
Deja vu.