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Afaik they cannot ignore a ruling. And they don't need 30% fees for maintaining IOS ecosystem - when you buy an apple phone for $1000, you pay Apple enough for
by AlexanderTheGr8 5y ago
Afaik they cannot ignore a ruling. And they don't need 30% fees for maintaining IOS ecosystem - when you buy an apple phone for $1000, you pay Apple enough for it to maintain its AppStore.
Also they earn money from AppStore advertising (which apps out of the millions should the small screen show); so maintaining AppStore should not be a problem.
I don't know about the bad-actors part though.
- sombremesa 5y ago> they cannot ignore a ruling Why not?
- colinmhayes 5y agoWhy can't you ignore your tax bill?
- indymike 5y agoFines now. Jail later.
- sombremesa 5y agoThanks. This actually comes closes to answering the question I was asking in the first place.
- indymike 5y agoIt was actually a good question.
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- babelfish 5y agoBecause that’s not how the law works. Sure, they can technically ignore the ruling, but they’re opening themselves up to a whole host of lawsuits, and any judge in those lawsuits would not look favorably on Apple.
- throw_m239339 5y ago> Why not? That's a bizarre question. They'd be in contempt of the court. https://www.upcounsel.com/legal-def-contempt-of-court https://www.upcounsel.com/legal-def-contempt-of-court The judge could sent Tim Cook or any number of Apple execs to prison.
- quickthrowman 5y agoUh, the state has a monopoly on violence? Apple doesn’t have a private army to protect their executives from going to prison, so……
- dragonwriter 5y ago> Afaik they cannot ignore a ruling. They can, but it has a high probability of additional adverse consequences.
- AlexanderTheGr8 5y agoBy your argument, we CAN commit murder, but it has a very high probability of additional adverse consequences (such as life in prison)
- dragonwriter 5y ago> By your argument, we CAN commit murder, but it has a very high probability of additional adverse consequences Which...is obviously true. I mean, it would be nice if people could not commit murder, but they can and do.
- AlexanderTheGr8 5y agoThis doesn't apply in this case because Apple is not stupid. They are not gonna ignore a court ruling because it will land their execs in jail. Rather than that, they will use legal means such as appealing the ruling. They are a 2T$ company, and they will try their best to use their money to change this decision in their favor.