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Title: Apple’s defensive App Store page aims to win the court of public opinion
Post by: HCK on June 02, 2019, 04:05:13 pm
Apple’s defensive App Store page aims to win the court of public opinion

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<p>Apple has been a vertically integrated “walled garden” for a long time. But with Apple’s growth in size, influence, and scope, it has come under fire as a de-facto monopoly. As it sells more of its own products and services than ever before, the ability for outsiders fairly compete with Apple’s own software and services is being called into question.</p><p>The recent Supreme Court ruling in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc._v._Pepper" rel="nofollow">Apple v. Pepper[/url] has determined that consumers have standing to bring a class-action suit against Apple for its App Store pricing practices. Also, the EU is <a href="https://venturebeat.com/2019/05/06/apple-faces-inevitable-antitrust-headache-as-eu-launches-app-store-investigation/" rel="nofollow">launching an investigation[/url] into Apple’s practices after complaints made by rival music service Spotify.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3398998/apples-defensive-app-store-page-aims-to-win-the-court-of-public-opinion.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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