Apple Trial Ends in Mixed Verdict After Epic’s Monopoly Allegations

Already a busy thread about this re: TheVerge.com

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28482895

And a bunch of other submissions...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28483564 (NYTimes.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28483558 (CNN.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28483248 (MSN.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28483372 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28483162 (Bloomberg.com)

> the Court does not find that Apple is an antitrust monopolist in the submarket for mobile gaming transactions. However, it does find that Apple’s conduct in enforcing anti-steering restrictions is anticompetitive. A remedy to eliminate those provisions is appropriate.

> “The Court does not find that Apple is an antitrust monopolist in the submarket for mobile gaming transactions,” the judge wrote. “However, it does find that Apple’s conduct in enforcing anti-steering restrictions is anticompetitive.”

followed by:

> “Today the Court has affirmed what we’ve known all along: the App Store is not in violation of antitrust law,” Apple said.

Only from a lawyer....

This is from the FTC: "The FTC's competition mission is to enforce the rules of the competitive marketplace — the antitrust laws. These laws promote vigorous competition and protect consumers from anticompetitive mergers and business practices" [1]

[1] https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/competition-guidance/guide-a...

Both Apple and Epic are considering an appeal of the decision : https://twitter.com/bobbyallyn/status/1436386058317402112?s=...

Wonder if Epic is also going to do the same on their store too?