The £785M ($979M) antitrust lawsuit was filed on behalf of more than 1,500 British developers, and alleges that Apple’s monopolistic control of the market for iPhone apps allowed the company to charge ‘abusive’ levels of commission on app sales …
They agreed to Apple’s terms in order to use the platform.
That doesn’t mean the terms and business practices fall under ‘legal’ in regards to protections.
What protections?
Defender of monopolists.
Not really. Just thinking, didn’t they agree? Or no? I couldn’t care less either way.
You either agree, or you don’t get to play. That’s a monopoly. Just because they agreed, doesn’t mean apple wasn’t being monopolistic.
So they agreed but don’t agree. K.
Dedicated defender of monopolists.
By law, consent can’t be given for certain things. To take an extreme example: you can’t consent to being shot in the head. Anyone who shoots you for no reason is guilty of a crime, even if you have a signed contract.
Whether or not Apple’s practices constitue a violation serious enough to nullify the agreement they have with developers remains to be seen.
