It's not that apple is going to lose the app store, it's that some of apple's more egregious policies (such as banning pointing users to other payment methods t

It's not that apple is going to lose the app store, it's that some of apple's more egregious policies (such as banning pointing users to other payment methods to monopolize payments completely unrelated to apple provided services) are being challenged and apple doesn't want to set any precedents or get any judgements against them on this civil suit.