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- A nearly decade-long battle over Apple's App Store is set to finally be argued before the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.
- The court's decision in the case, Apple Inc. v. Pepper, could have an impact beyond Apple.
- The case is the most important business dispute of the term, and the most consequential litigation facing Apple outside of its billion dollar intellectual property suit against chipmaker Qualcomm.
A nearly decade-long battle over Apple's App Store is set to finally be argued before the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, setting up a high-stakes showdown over whether the company can be forced to pay damages to iPhone owners who say the App Store is an unlawful monopoly.
The iPhone owners who brought the suit allege that Apple's 30 percent commission on app sales amounts to price gouging passed on to consumers. iPhone owners can only buy apps through the App Store, unless they bypass Apple's rules by 'jailbreaking' their phone, which modifies the iPhone's software so users can download apps outside the App Store. Jailbreaking an iPhone voids its warranty.
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The case does not address the underlying monopoly issue, but instead will determine whether the iPhone users can bring the charge at all. Apple has argued that only app developers could bring such a suit.
The stakes of the Supreme Court battle are high. Experts say that if the court permits iPhone users to bring their suit, they could force the company to refund a percentage of every app sold over a four year period, possibly saddling the electronics giant with hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties.
Whether iPhone users get that payout won't be resolved by the Supreme Court. If the iPhone owners win Monday's fight, they will have to prove in a district court battle that Apple has a monopoly that has led to overcharging, which Apple vigorously denies.
Nonetheless, the case is the most important business dispute of the term, and the most consequential litigation facing Apple outside of its billion dollar intellectual property suit against chipmaker Qualcomm. Analysts watching the case say it could have an impact for shareholders.
Nonetheless, the case is the most important business dispute of the term, and the most consequential litigation facing Apple outside of its billion dollar intellectual property suit against chipmaker Qualcomm. Analysts watching the case say it could have an impact for shareholders.
'I would say that it is significant to the stock, because if you look at what's driving shares, part of it is that Apple's services revenue is elevating,' said Tom Forte, an analyst at D.A. Davidson who covers Apple and other consumer technology companies.
Forte said that the primary drivers of the company's shares in recent weeks were the U.S.-China trade war and slowing iPhone sales. But, he said, 'if they were to lose, that could put further pressure on the stock.'
Apple's services revenue, which comes from the App Store as well as other products such as iTunes and iCloud, hit a record $10 billion in revenue last quarter. The company's market cap exceeds $800 billion.
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The court's decision in the case, which is named Apple Inc. v. Pepper, No. 17-204, could have an impact beyond Apple. It could also open up other tech companies that operate electronic marketplaces, like Facebook, Ebay, Amazon and Alphabet's Google, to similar challenges.
In a statement, Apple said that its App Store has fueled competition. The company said the store is responsible for the creation of millions of jobs and more than $100 billion in payments to app developers.
'We are hopeful the Supreme Court will recognize Apple's critical role as a marketplace for apps, and uphold existing legal precedent by finding in favor of Apple and the millions of developers who sell their apps on our platform,' the company said.
Despite affecting the biggest tech companies in the world, Monday's case hinges on how the Supreme Court's justices will apply a decidedly low-tech ruling from the latter half of the 20th century.
The precedent the court is revisiting was set in Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois, a 1977 dispute in which the court ruled in favor of concrete brick manufacturers. The state of Illinois sued the brickmakers for allegedly inflating their prices, causing an increase in the the cost of public building projects.
The court ruled that even though the increased brick costs might hurt Illinois indirectly, only the contractors who actually bought the bricks had standing to sue. That established the so-called 'Illinois brick doctrine,' which says that only the direct purchaser of a good can collect damages from a monopoly holder.
Apple, which is supported by the Justice Department, will argue Monday that it is not directly selling apps to iPhone users. Rather, Apple will say that it is acting as an agent for app developers, who ultimately are selling their wares to consumers. In exchange for the commission Apple takes on app sales, the company provides access to its vast user base and performs other services, such as malware detection.
That view is supported by The App Association, an industry group that represents developers. The group has said that, in its view, 'the customer is unequivocally buying from the app developer, not the platform the developer sold their app through,' and cautioned that a ruling against Apple could jeopardize the app economy.
But the iPhone owners bringing the suit take a different view. They argue that Apple directly sells the apps in its store, and has gone to 'great lengths' to keep it that way, both by establishing technical barriers to other marketplaces and by penalizing those who jailbreak their devices.
While Apple does not price the goods in its App Store, the iPhone users argue that Apple still exercises control over pricing. Apple requires that that any app sold have a price that ends in 99 cents, such as $1.99.
Herbert Hovenkamp, one of the country's top antitrust experts and a professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law and The Wharton School, the university's business school, joined a brief supporting the iPhone owners in the case.
In an interview, Hovenkamp said that the case is distinct from Illinois Brick.
In that case, he said, it was the brickmakers who were alleged to be conspiring to inflate prices. But in this case, the equivalent party — the app developers — are innocent, potentially even victims of the alleged monopoly.
'Illinois Brick assumes that you've got an antitrust violator, and that violator sells to some innocent retailer or distributor, or someone in the middle, and then that innocent retailer sells to someone who then sues,' Hovenkamp said. But, in this case, it's different: Apple, the alleged violator, is the one in the middle, he said.
A ruling is expected to come by late June.
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Steve Jobs defends his commitment to Apple on CNBC in 1997
Taking a look back at another week of news from Cupertino, this week’s Apple Loop includes major battery problems for the iPhone XS, thoughts on the iPhone XR, a hidden price rise for the iPhone 8, sneaky subscriptions in the App Store, MacBook Pro discounts, and custom watch faces for the Apple Watch.Apple Loop is here to remind you of a few of the very many discussions that have happened around Apple over the last seven days (and you can read my weekly digest of Android news here on Forbes).
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There’s been a lot of discussion around iPhone battery life this. Once you start using a controlled testing regime and can accurately replicate actions every time, on multiple handsets, comparing apples (sic) to oranges becomes a bit easer. PhoneBuff has done just that, and the iPhone XS Max is losing out to the Note 9 - once the XS Max hits zero battery charge, the Note 9 still has 37 percent. Forbes’ Gordon Kelly reports:
Firstly, while the iPhone XS Max has a smaller battery, it’s only 20% smaller (3,174 mAh vs 4,000 mAh). Secondly, the Note 9 has a higher resolution display and driving pixels is the most demanding thing a phone does. Thirdly, the Note 9’s Snapdragon 845 chipset is less efficient than the remarkable Apple 12 chip in the iPhone XS Max.
All of which points the finger at software. Apple claims iOS 12 is the fastest and most efficient generation of iOS to date. Apparently not.
More here on Forbes.
Needless to say, $4/week for a very, very, very simple barcode-scanning device is completely ridiculous. $156/year borders on criminal.
Techcrunch’s Sarah Perez also picked up the story this week, piling the pressure on Apple (which of course would be taking the usual slice of gross sales on each subscription):
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However, the company’s focus as of late has been more so on getting developers to give subscriptions a try — even holding “secret” meetings where it evangelizes the business model that’s earning developers (and therefore Apple itself) a lot of money. In the meantime, a good handful of apps from bad actors have been allowed to flourish.
Iphone App StoreKoetsier has noted the changes this week by Apple, and it appears that the negative press has led to immediate and drastic action - any apps using the subscription service are drawing a lot more attention from store moderators:'They’ve been pulling apps and rejecting apps that have a massive button that says 'X days free” without the price inside that button,' another developer said. 'People don’t read the fine print and that's who they’re after. Before they were lenient but with the negative publicity they’re strict as hell now.'Which is where the story now sits. Apple has apparently waited until the publicity was becoming to intense before acting. That the action has happened is good. That it was needed in the first place belies the notion of the App Store being a safe place with Apple putting the customer first.Today, most of the apps mentioned in my original story are now no-longer available.Koetsier is keeping a close eye on this. You can follow him here on Forbes.An attendee touches the Touch Bar on the new MacBook Pro laptop computer inside the Apple store Saint Germain (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images)Apple’s Hidden MacBook Pro DiscountWhile it is never specifically called out on its website navigation, Apple’s ‘refurbished store’ not only offers a solid discount to customers, it also helps turnover returned units and increases the overall margins that a family of hardware can deliver. It’s also a good indicator of devices that may be ready to leave the front line and be replaced by newer models. So the addition of the 2018 MacBook Pro machines with TouchBar into the refurb section is worth noting, and not just for the price cut. Joe Rossignol has the details:A refurbished base model with a 2.3GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor, 256GB of flash storage, 8GB of RAM, and Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 is available for $1,529 in the United States, reflecting savings of $270 off Apple's regular price of $1,799. Available finishes include Silver and Space Gray.App Store Download For Mac
A refurbished maxed-out model with a 2.7GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor, 2TB of flash storage, 16GB of RAM, and Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 is available for $3,139 in the United States, reflecting savings of $560 off Apple's regular price of $3,699. This configuration is currently limited to Space Gray.More at MacRumors.And Finally…The Apple Watch has a growing problem. It’s not very good as a watch - specifically glancing at the watch face and realising that you can’t quickly tell the time in the same way as you can with pretty much every other watch in the wold. Apple thinks it knows best, but many argue in this case it is wrong. Marco Arment writes:The Apple Watch is an amazing feat of technology. It’s a computer. It can display anything. With no mechanical or physical limitations to hold us back, any watch-face design from anyone could plausibly be built, enabling a range of creativity, style, and usefulness that no single company could ever design on its own.But they won’t let us. In a time when personal expression and innovation in watch fashion should be booming, they’re instead being eroded, as everyone in the room is increasingly wearing the same watch with the same two faces.Chance Miller is one of many calling out for third-party watch faces to become part of the Apple Watch ecosystem:Personally, I think it’s absolutely time for third-party watch faces on Apple Watch. Opening up the process to additional developers and designers will undoubtedly yield some very useful and visually pleasing faces. I do, however, think Apple would need to employ a rather stringent approval process for third-party watch faces.For instance, many classic watch face designs are trademarked by their original creator, and Apple would have to walk a fine line ensuring that third-party creations for Apple Watch does not infringe on any of those designs.Install Iphone Apps On Mac
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