> you've basically claimed that you're the best, and you're scratching your head... I did preface my assessment with an outright admission that I don't know an

> you've basically claimed that you're the best, and you're scratching your head... I did preface my assessment with an outright admission that I don't know anything about what's going-on inside Apple's legal dept or exec team. Even if Apple does have a cunning plan under wraps for coming out on top from this whole episode, it's demonstrable that Apple is directly harming their relationship with the wider developer ecosystem through their deliberate handling of Epic's case. We both agree that now all of Apple's movements with Epic are calculated and and directed from the top echelons of the company. I feel you're saying that Apple's more aggressive and perceivably heavy-handed and retaliatory tactics have been deemed necessary and in the best-interests of the company - whereas I feel they're unnecessary and actually put the company in legal jeopardy (e.g. for contract-law retaliation, etc) which is definitely not in the company's best-interests. How can we reconcile our two different beliefs? > ...but a business decision that will pay off. As an AAPL shareholder, I sure hope so!