I doubt it was anything like this. Apple doesn’t want to litigate against Musk. Because he has the same deep pockets. And antitrust cases can be brought by private parties, not just government. You can bet they’d get hammered in an antitrust suit for throwing twitter out of the app store.
Frankly, it is debateable that antitrust law permits apple to throw people out on specious grounds. There is not going to be an easy way to explain this as a rational business decision; instead it will look like an illegal vertical restraint of trade. Damages in these types of suits can be astronomical - and courts have the power to break up companies for this sort of behavior. Not saying that would be the remedy here…just something to be mindful of if you are Apple.
Depending on where you filed a suit, you could easily get a favorable decision. SCOTUS only takes 1% of the petitions for certiorari they get. You’d think they’d want to have the last say in such a high profile case. But no guarantee they want to touch it, let alone rule in your favor.
Apple doesn’t want to go toe to toe with an equally matched foe. Losing a case like this could impact the issue of 30% revenues taken off the top from App Store developers. They don’t want to lose that ability or have it curtailed. Likewise, they don’t want to lose the ability to throw smaller fish out of the store. For them, fucking with Musk could be a lot worse for them than building a new competitor.
You mean he pulled an Avenatti?
I doubt it was anything like this. Apple doesn’t want to litigate against Musk. Because he has the same deep pockets. And antitrust cases can be brought by private parties, not just government. You can bet they’d get hammered in an antitrust suit for throwing twitter out of the app store.
Frankly, it is debateable that antitrust law permits apple to throw people out on specious grounds. There is not going to be an easy way to explain this as a rational business decision; instead it will look like an illegal vertical restraint of trade. Damages in these types of suits can be astronomical - and courts have the power to break up companies for this sort of behavior. Not saying that would be the remedy here…just something to be mindful of if you are Apple.
Depending on where you filed a suit, you could easily get a favorable decision. SCOTUS only takes 1% of the petitions for certiorari they get. You’d think they’d want to have the last say in such a high profile case. But no guarantee they want to touch it, let alone rule in your favor.
Apple doesn’t want to go toe to toe with an equally matched foe. Losing a case like this could impact the issue of 30% revenues taken off the top from App Store developers. They don’t want to lose that ability or have it curtailed. Likewise, they don’t want to lose the ability to throw smaller fish out of the store. For them, fucking with Musk could be a lot worse for them than building a new competitor.