Madbum

9secondkox2 said:

tht said:

It’s going to be interesting what the government is going to say. Their only real recourse is “steering” the interpretation of US antitrust law towards EU competition laws. The EU laws are sufficiently vague enough such that they can make a minority player run afoul of competition laws. 

If it is just you plain USA antitrust, they’ve got nothing. Not only that, the market opportunities for developers has only increased since the lawsuit started. If the trial was today, it should be laughed out of court as Epic has multiple ways to get in front of iOS users now, and it has more mobile platforms that is available to them. 

If things go according to actual law and the way American court works, the government WONT GET TO SAY ANYTHING. This isn’t government business. This is a private sector dispute between two civil companies. Any government intervention is illegal - hence the request instead of just taking over. Apple is foolish to not oppose such an unconstitutional and illegal interference by the current administration. 

Kind of seems like we are getting a peak behind the door of what Epics out-of-nowhere lawsuit is really about and who is involved. Sweeney is a goofy dudebro. Not the brightest guy and not a maverick. For him to go there was strange. And now we have to wonder if this doesn’t originate in deeper unexpected places. 

9secondkox2 said:

B-Mc-C said:

Is that a thing now – the government “participating” or intervening in civil cases between two private parties? Merrick Garland has crossed the line. Such an abuse of power. If you hate Apple, sue them yourselves.

Unbelievable. Way out of line.