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Jailbreak App Store Cydia's Lawsuit Against Apple Dismissed, May be Amended

posted by martyb on Friday January 07 2022, @11:19AM   Printer-friendly
from the It's-not-over-until-you-know-who-sings dept.

takyon writes:

Apple gets Cydia app store lawsuit dismissed, for now

A US District Judge has dismissed Cydia's lawsuit claiming that Apple's App Store unfairly forced it out of business, but will allow Cydia to amend its complaint.

Originally filed in December 2020, the lawsuit by Jay Freeman, creator of Cydia, says that Apple used its monopoly position against the alternative jailbreaking store. Cydia claimed that it was forced to shut down because of Apple's allegedly unlawful control of app distribution on iOS.

Now U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has granted Apple's motion to dismiss the case. However, she has granted Freeman leave to amend his suit.

Should Freeman choose to proceed, he has until January 19, 2022, to file the amended suit. Then Apple will have until February 2, 2022, to respond.

Also at MacRumors and Wccftech.

Previously: Original Jailbreak App Store Cydia Sues Apple for its Monopoly

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 07 2022, @12:51PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 07 2022, @12:51PM (#1210822)

    Toss me.

  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 07 2022, @05:15PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 07 2022, @05:15PM (#1210885)

    I mean well done on raising enough loose change to sue Apple.

    But did no one else think this would end badly when your entire business model involves accessing a device through unpatched security vulnerabilities?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 11 2022, @07:53AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 11 2022, @07:53AM (#1211732)

    Using an iPod Touch 1st gen as my primary internet device saved my ass in 2010 and 2011 before Android hit where I lived. Cydia made that possible with the jailbreak and all the mods, like file manager that didn't even exist on ios, was really useful with tons of free software. RIP if that's what's gonna happen.

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