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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

• Re:It's Apple's product Re:It's Apple's product (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Tuesday December 15 2020, @11:05PM (3 children)

  by fustakrakich (6150) on Tuesday December 15 2020, @11:05PM (#1087824) Journal

  They only have the influence given to them. Their power comes from their fans' attachment to the product. They still retail in trinkets to the general public. They provide nothing we can't live without. I consider all this a bullshit distraction from the real monopolies in communications, energy, banking, etc

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• Re:It's Apple's product Re:It's Apple's product (Score: 3, Touché) by coolgopher on Wednesday December 16 2020, @02:37AM (2 children)

  by coolgopher (1157) on Wednesday December 16 2020, @02:37AM (#1087891)

  You realise it's also possible to live without commtech, energy, banking, etc, right?

  Obligatory xkcd. [xkcd.com]

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  • Re:It's Apple's product Re:It's Apple's product (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday December 16 2020, @03:00AM (1 child)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Wednesday December 16 2020, @03:00AM (#1087893) Journal

    Sorry, Apple is not a "problem". Not a real one by any means.

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    • Re:It's Apple's product (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 16 2020, @07:14PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 16 2020, @07:14PM (#1088199)

      I knew it! Apple is not real!

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