Already a busy thread about this re: TheVerge.com<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28482895" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28482895</a><p>And a bunch of other submissions...<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28483564" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28483564</a> (NYTimes.com)<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28483558" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28483558</a> (CNN.com)<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28483248" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28483248</a> (MSN.com)<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28483372" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28483372</a> and <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28483162" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28483162</a> (Bloomberg.com)
> the Court does not find that Apple is an antitrust monopolist in the submarket for mobile gaming transactions. However, it does find that Apple’s conduct in enforcing anti-steering restrictions is anticompetitive. A remedy to eliminate those provisions is appropriate.
> “The Court does not find that Apple is an antitrust monopolist in the submarket for mobile gaming transactions,” the judge wrote. “However, it does find that Apple’s conduct in enforcing anti-steering restrictions is anticompetitive.”<p>followed by:<p>> “Today the Court has affirmed what we’ve known all along: the App Store is not in violation of antitrust law,” Apple said.<p>Only from a lawyer....<p>This is from the FTC: "The FTC's competition mission is to enforce the rules of the competitive marketplace — the antitrust laws. These laws promote vigorous competition and protect consumers from anticompetitive mergers and business practices" [1]<p>[1] <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/competition-guidance/guide-antitrust-laws" rel="nofollow">https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/competition-guidance/guide-a...</a>
Both Apple and Epic are considering an appeal of the decision : <a href="https://twitter.com/bobbyallyn/status/1436386058317402112?s=21" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/bobbyallyn/status/1436386058317402112?s=...</a>