I don't know if I agree that Apple fell into a trap. Epic definitely got what they wanted but Apple made the right move. They were already being investigated for these practices. The payment model was definitely going to be brought up in congress already.
At least now they can try to make the point that they enforce the rules consistently and don't play favorites with big companies. It looks way better than "Apple has unfair rules that it only enforces for the little guy".
I'd really like to see a deeper analysis of this lawsuit from an actual lawyer. This article is way too thin on content.
>But Apple — just as Sweeney seemed to expect — fell right into Epic's trap. It now has to find its own way out.
Weird framing. Like Apple doesn't have sources on the periphery of Epic or Cravath? People talk.
Only thing that matters is how a judge sees it
It seems that Epic intentionally violated the App Store rules. Will that be considered by the courts?