I think on some level Apple is happy to have this lawsuit at this time. The App Store revenue has become more significant and also presents big opportunities fo

I think on some level Apple is happy to have this lawsuit at this time. The App Store revenue has become more significant and also presents big opportunities for growth. Especially with the arrival of ARM macs, the future points to a world where the “Apple Tax” might be a literal 30% cut on all transactions conducted through an Apple device. So for Apple it would be good to get some legal clarity before they make such moves. Sure, it would be painful if they lost, but it could be much more so later on. According to a study cited by Apple, they took a cut on only $61B of the $519B of total sales generated by the App Store. They’ve got to be salivating at that latter figure. If they could get 30% of $500B+, it would be more than half of their current annual revenue.