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Original Jailbreak App Store Cydia Sues Apple for its Monopoly

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday December 15 2020, @02:08PM   

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:

Original Jailbreak App Store Cydia Sues Apple for its Monopoly:

The iPhone's original—and unofficial—app store has sued Apple, accusing the company of having a monopoly on the distribution of apps.

Cydia, an app store created and launched in 2007 by Jay "Saurik" Freeman, one of the original jailbreakers filed the lawsuit against Apple on Thursday.

"Were it not for Apple's anti competitive acquisition and maintenance of an illegal monopoly over iOS app distribution, users today would actually be able to choose how and where to locate and obtain iOS apps, and developers would be able to use the iOS app distributor of their choice," the lawsuit reads.

The lawsuit was first reported by The Washington Post.

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Original Submission

• Good luck! Good luck! (Score: 3, Informative) by Freeman on Tuesday December 15 2020, @04:04PM (1 child)

  by Freeman (732) on Tuesday December 15 2020, @04:04PM (#1087621) Journal

  They'll need it.

  --
  Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"

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• Re:Good luck! (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 16 2020, @02:29AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 16 2020, @02:29AM (#1087890)

  Would have a great case in EU.

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