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