Federico Viticci Apr 30, 2025

Things took a MAJOR turn for Apple's App Store:

- In the Epic v. Apple case, the court has found Apple in willful violation of a previous injunction on anticompetitive conduct

- Effective immediately, Apple can no longer impose commissions on purchases made via external links or have a say on link placement

- An Apple VP lied under oath and the court is referring to the U.S. Attorney to investigate whether criminal contempt proceedings are appropriate

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Filing: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25924283-epic-v-apple-contempt-order/

Epic v. Apple Contempt order

Show threadFederico Viticci Apr 30, 2025
"Cook chose poorly."
Show threadFederico Viticci May 1, 2025

The revised text of the 'Scare Screen' you get when making a purchase via a link was a Tim Cook idea – telling people that Apple is not responsible for the security of web purchases.

(on a personal note: LOL)

"tells ppl its dangerous and they are leaving the app store."

Show threadFederico Viticci May 1, 2025

"Apple’s response to the Injunction strains credulity. "

"[Apple] continued its anticompetitive conduct solely to maintain its revenue stream."

"Remarkably, Apple believed that this Court would not see through its obvious cover-up"

And the banger conclusion:

"As always, the coverup made it worse. For this Court, there is no second bite at the apple."

Show threadThomas P. Moonis
@viticci This is what Apple pays Tim Cook for? To screw developers and customers as much as possible?
May 1, 2025 at 1:02amWeb
Show threaddtrainMay 1, 2025
@MisterMoo @viticci I think they pay him to increase the share price > 15x since he took over
Show threadThomas P. MoonisMay 1, 2025
@dtrain @viticci As an Apple customer that's not what I care about.
Show threadGorgeous na Shock!May 1, 2025

@MisterMoo @dtrain @viticci Customer? What even is that? Some kind of weird investor?

We live in Capitalism, baybee. All we care about is Capital. Revenue is just a number to look at to develop vibes for moving Capital!