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Apple tells EU it has five different App Stores, not just one (9to5mac.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 37 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I think they mean 1 app store for each of their products.

The company in its argument to the EU competition enforcer said it operates five App Stores on iPhones, iPads, Mac computers, Apple TVs and Apple Watches, with each designed to distribute apps for a specific operating system and Apple device.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago

Ah yes, the classic "I didn't commit a crime, I committed 5 crimes" defense. It's a bold move Cotton, lets see how it works for them.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

It seems to be a way to minimize the incoming damage. The EU would have to prosecute each platform separately if the argument holds.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

And as someone who owns both an iPhone and an iPad, it’s obviously complete horseshit; If I buy an app on my iPhone and the same app is available on the iPad, it automatically gets added there too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I would be curious to see how they separate those different catalogs on their backend. I assume that the store detects which device and serves a list of compatible apps.