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> is the same one already conceded to settle the Japanese antitrust investigation. Again, not making a hard claim here, because I'm not sure what the full rang
by danShumway 5y ago
> is the same one already conceded to settle the Japanese antitrust investigation.
Again, not making a hard claim here, because I'm not sure what the full range of the ruling is, but if what you're saying is true then it seems to me that this is a huge deal and I have no idea why people are minimizing its potential impact.
The only reason why the Japanese antitrust concession wasn't a bigger deal was because it was narrowly applied to a small subset of apps and because Apple retained the exclusive ability to decide what those apps were.
Just taking that earlier concession with no other changes and widening it to apply to the entire app store seems like a pretty impactful ruling to me.