Apple has failed to persuade a U.S. appeals court to consider blocking a class action that accuses the company of monopolizing the market for iPhone apps and keeping prices artificially high for tens of millions of customers.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday rejected, opens new tab Apple’s bid for a pretrial appeal after a California federal judge in February allowed consumers to band together to pursue billions of dollars in alleged damages.
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers certified a class of consumers who spent $10 or more on Apple app or in-app purchases since 2008. The lawsuit, filed in 2011, accuses Apple of violating U.S. antitrust law by too tightly restraining how customers download apps.
Apple did not immediately respond to request for comment on Tuesday. The appeals court panel denied Apple’s appeal without a hearing.
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MacDailyNews Take: Damages?
How much did it cost developers to have their apps burned onto CDs, boxed, shipped, displayed on store shelves prior to Apple remaking the world for the better for umpteenth time? Apple incurs costs to store, review, organize, surface, and distribute apps to over one billion users. — MacDailyNews, June 10, 2022
The average app price in the Apple App Store as of January 2024 is 79-cents.
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What does it cost when Appke forbids your app and you have nowhere else to sell it?
What does loss of freedom over your IP cost? A third party ledger is none if Apple’s business and even less so MDN’s.
There is always android. There is no monopoly here.
This kind of logic could be applied to almost anything that can be upgraded at purchase. What about the artificially inflated costs of all the extra features in my new car? (for example)
Really?
Android can run the iOS app one develops?
iOS and Android are separate and distinct markets, but only iOS is a monopoly in their app market.
That’s the dumbest thing I’ve read today. So you are saying you wrote the app specifically for an iOS devices. As you say, “separate and distinct markets”. So, why the hell did you write it for iOS devices if you didn’t want to adhere to Apple’s software rules? That’s like you saying you built a part for a Toyota and are pissed that Mercedes won’t change their vehicles to fit your part. Sure, makes total sense…..NOT.
Because it’s MY IP and the USERS device. That’s why. Where does Apple get a say?