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darkvader said:

22july2013 said:

if Apple is accurate when it says it may take months to complete, then either Apple will be in violation of a court order, or Apple will have to shut down its store to avoid being in violation of a court order. There are no other options. I'm hoping for the latter, of course.

Except Apple is lying.  It could almost certainly be implemented in less than a day.  All Apple has to do is remove the illegal language from the developer agreement and turn off any automated filters that look for links to external payment options in an app.  And if you think those filters can't be turned off with a simple change to a config file, I've got a few bridges available for sale.

"certainly be implemented in less than a day"
therefore "Apple is lying"

I dare say that you have no idea what you're talking about - not even in a small confused way either.

darkvader said:

rob53 said:

If this acquisition is allowed it makes no sense why Apple’s App Store is being forced to open up. Apple has every right to run its products the way it wants to. Nvidia owning ARM affects multiple computing companies not just its own. 

Nvidia owning ARM is a terrible idea, and should be stopped.

And that has NOTHING AT ALL to do with Apple and their app store.  Apple has NO right to run MY iPhone the way it wants.  It's MY iPhone, not Apple's iPhone.  And because it's MY iPhone and not Apple's iPhone, Apple should not be allowed to have any say whatsoever about what software I choose to run on MY iPhone.  If you want to only get software through Apple's app store on YOUR iPhone, that's your right.  But neither you nor Apple should have the ability to stop me from getting software from any source of my choosing.

And the same thing goes for in-app purchases.  MY iPhone, not Apple's iPhone.  It's only Apple's until they sell it.  Then it's MINE, not Apple's any more.  It's well past time for Apple's app store monopoly to be busted.

It sounds like you should have bought a different device. Your post sounds like buying a Nintendo when you wanted a PC.

It’s like a bunch of guys from Hacker News decided to test their anti-apple posturing with an actual court case and tada it was a dud because their claims are as ridiculous as the $200B damages estimation. 

So of course they are baffled, these people live in echo chamber so small that they believe their own b/s.

The actual reality is that these people don’t see that corporates such as Epic and Spotify are endlessly banging this anti-competitive drum because it’s just another way to improve their bottom line. 

An apple cloth is a great way to keep your apple devices tidy without fear of scratching the highly polished surface.

A Tesla whistler is a great way to warn others when the Tesla auto drives into another car, pedestrians or off the road. 

I'm all for consumer protections.
However if a law is not applied evenly across all industries, then it's merely a vehicle of extortion.