Apple’s treatment of small games developer makes a textbook antitrust case<div class="feat-image">
</div><p><a href="
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App Store has monopolistic control over iPhone apps, yet the company’s ability to unilaterally close developer accounts without explanation forms a textbook <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/antitrust/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">antitrust[/url] case.</p>
<p>One small games developer had its Apple Developer Program (ADP) account terminated without explanation, was unable to appeal as it hadn’t been told what accusations it needed to address, took Apple to court – and then had its account reinstated after five months of lost sales,
still without explanation or apology … </p>
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Apple’s treatment of small games developer makes a textbook antitrust case
