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> No one seriously believes that Apple is claiming that the two things are literally physically impossible to split up technically. Except Apple in the court d
by summerlight 5y ago
> No one seriously believes that Apple is claiming that the two things are literally physically impossible to split up technically.
Except Apple in the court does. That is the exact stance why they cannot allow third party stores and browser engines since those are technically a part of indivisible OS services. Of course, this is obviously BS and inconsistent to many other Apple's business practice, anyway it's their official legal stance in nearly all of its antitrust lawsuits.
- tshaddox 5y agoI find that extremely hard to believe. Can you provide a source for this interpretation of Apple’s argument?
- dpkonofa 5y agoThat's not true at all. They're not claiming they can't split it up technically. They're claiming that part of the end-to-end user experience is that users trust the App Store because Apple has oversight into the entire chain from downloading apps to the OS to taking payment information on their devices. If they have to open it up to other parties, then that chain of trust is broken.