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In a nutshell: "In short, I suspect the DOJ doesn’t want to follow in Epic’s footsteps, but they do want to sue Apple, so they framed Apple’s defining character

In a nutshell: "In short, I suspect the DOJ doesn’t want to follow in Epic’s footsteps, but they do want to sue Apple, so they framed Apple’s defining characteristic — integration — in the most uncharitable light possible to make their case. To put it another way, the Epic case may have shown that Apple’s policies around the App Store were (mostly) legal, but that didn’t mean they were right; now the DOJ, looking for another point of vulnerability, is trying to make the case that Apple’s right approach in delivering an integrated experience is in fact illegal."

lolinder 3y ago
This is what I've been warning about in these threads from the beginning: every time a government does something to Apple, certain people on HN cheer them on because any government action is seen as a good step. Unfortunately, as illustrated here, that's not actually the case. The current course of government action against Apple (on both sides of the pond!) will not lead to the iPhone as we know it minus the specific things that irk us as app and web developers. What the EU is doing and what this lawsuit seeks to do will end Apple as we know it. For some people that might be an acceptable outcome, but I think a lot of people are laboring under the false assumption that these actions will give them exactly what they want without any downsides.