{"id":59191,"date":"2023-04-24T15:58:42","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T19:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pappp.net\/?guid=fed3044569b7f28e6fce0186569a7b9f"},"modified":"2023-04-24T15:58:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T19:58:42","slug":"apples-ios-walled-garden-doesnt-break-antitrust-laws-appeals-court-affirms-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=59191","title":{"rendered":"Apple\u2019s iOS \u201cwalled garden\u201d doesn\u2019t break antitrust laws, appeals court affirms [Updated]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Ars Technica<\/a><\/p>\n

Article note: Well, that's unfortunate, iOS would be _way_ more interesting if it allowed side-loading without a gigantic brittle hassle.<\/div>
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Enlarge<\/a> \/<\/span> A Fortnite<\/em> loading screen displayed on an iPhone in 2018, when Apple and Epic weren't<\/em> at each other's throats. (credit: Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images<\/a>)<\/p> <\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed last year's district court ruling<\/a> that Apple did not violate antitrust laws by forcing iOS developers to use its App Store and in-app payment systems. The decision is yet another major blow to Epic Games, which first challenged those Apple policies in a 2020 lawsuit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"There is a lively and important debate about the role played in our economy and democracy by online transaction platforms with market power,\" the court wrote. \"Our job as a federal court of appeals, however, is not to resolve that debate — nor could we even attempt to do so. Instead, in this decision, we faithfully applied existing precedent to the facts.\"<\/p>\n

In a highly technical 91-page ruling<\/a> issued Monday, the appeals court affirmed Apple's argument<\/a> that the case centered around the market for mobile game transactions, rather than Epic's proposed definition of \"aftermarkets of iOS app distribution and iOS in-app payment solutions.\" That market definition was a key point of contention in the original case<\/a> since it establishes that Apple faces competition from other mobile ecosystems like Android.<\/p><\/div>

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Enlarge \/ A Fortnite loading screen displayed on an iPhone in 2018, when Apple and Epic w…<\/p>\n

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