> tweak one little thing > [you] have installed a third-party App Store on it. I believe that is more than "one little thing". Here is why: Plantiffs say that

> tweak one little thing > [you] have installed a third-party App Store on it. I believe that is more than "one little thing". Here is why: Plantiffs say that Apple's decision to be the sole source of apps for the iPhone is monopolisitc. In your scenario, the purchaser is buying apps from a third party, not affiliated with Google. So, no, a third party cannot be possibly "legally Google". Critically in your scenario, "you were just using an arbitrary Android device" and "Google, to them, is just the payment-processor they chose to use" and most critically "they could have just-as-well used PayPal or Stripe." So, I believe the facts of your case are very very far from the facts of the Apple case. Hypothetical Google Case: - Third Party App Store - Multiple competing payment solution Actual Apple Case: - Only one app store by order of manufacturer/OEM/OS Vendor - Only one payment processor (who is the app store) In the scenario with Google, google is no more involved in the purchase than mastercard is in your purchase at Walmart. In the scenario with Apple, the app developer is no more involved with your purchase than the book author is on Amazon (when you buy directly from Amazon). You purchase FROM APPLE.