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

"Cook chose poorly."

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."

"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."

@viticci This is what Apple pays Tim Cook for? To screw developers and customers as much as possible?
@MisterMoo @viticci I think they pay him to increase the share price > 15x since he took over
@dtrain @viticci As an Apple customer that's not what I care about.

@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!

@viticci American legal language is weird…
@viticci Oh wow, they even threw an apple pun in there. 🔥
@viticci I really don't mind Apple telling people that their transaction is not being conducted by Apple. I think that should be clear so as to avoid what we know scammers will try and do. But I think the wording could have been better.
@viticci I guess he's a product guy after all.

@viticci Personally, I thought the “scare sheet” was always fine, even if a bit heavy handed. Plenty of websites have similar messages when linking out to another site (I.e.: banks and healthcare).

Not only that, but I think it served an important customer service purpose. By proceeding, Apple is no longer responsible (for billing, scams, etc) and would be unable to help resolve any issues.

But because Apple refused to give just an inch, everything gets thrown out.

@jdechko @viticci Especially some open source software sites show somewhat pointless obvious messages even when you follow a link to well-known sites like YouTube. Is it really necessary to warn people that YouTube is a separate site from some LibreOffice site?
@viticci The evidence is mounting, almost daily, that Cook is no longer fit to remain at the helm of Apple.
@viticci Guess he... stayed foolish. 😎
@viticci Tim Cook more like Tim is cooked.
@viticci glorious. Just glorious. 😔
@viticci How much pain do they have to endure legally before it sinks in that just removing bottlenecks for developers is better for them in the long run?

@TheEjj @viticci How does that increase the Return on Investment in the next quarter?

By "in the long run" you meant the next quarter, right?

Ok, how does it help them in the next year? (that's an super extreme long time, a whole fiscal year, why longer than most financial analysts and MBA are capable of thinking)

@viticci

I love how all of this is stuff which, plainly put, Apple was enjoined from doing YEARS BEFORE. Then, like a toddler thinking they're being clever with malicious compliance, Apple did the same stuff, just slightly differently.

Like reducing their margin from 30% to 27%.

Is it any wonder Rogers is pissed as hell?!

@viticci everything's coming up sweeney ​

@viticci I wonder if Tim Cook knew this was coming. He’s been doing a lot of boot licking.

https://markwrites.io/open-letter-to-apple

Open Letter to Apple

Your CEO, Tim Cook, must go. It’s as simple as that. This isn’t about Apple’s vision or products. Even though their integrity has wane...

Mark W.rites
@viticci I like the part that mentions of the leadership team tasked with implementing the injunction, only a single person (phil schiller) testified that they actually even *read the fucking decision* in it's entirety. the sheer arrogance.
@viticci and the anticompetitive steering practices are exactly the reason the European Commission fined Apple, isn’t it?

@viticci Tim Apple thought he paid enough into the inauguration fund.
He was about to find out.

Sopranos Season 7 streaming now on Apple TV+

@viticci I guess Tim Apple didn't #bribe #Trump enough.
@viticci and they still didn't learn anything and only change things in the US. Every country needs to fight them again.
At least that's consistent with the whole EU specific changes 😥🫣