Summary: Apple is at the Supreme Court to defend the way it sells apps for iPhones against claims by consumers that they have unjustly monopolized the market. On Monday, the justices are hearing arguments in Apple's effort to end an antitrust lawsuit that could force them to cut the 30% commission it charges software developers whose apps are sold exclusively through it's App Store. A judge could triple the compensation to consumers under antitrust law if Apple loses the lawsuit. Apple said it doesn't own the apps or sell them, it's the responsibility of software developers. But the lawsuit says that Apple exerts a lot of control over the process, for example, a requirement that prices end in .99. The issue for the Supreme Court is whether Apple can even be sued about the apps, as prior antitrust cases have proved otherwise. In other cases, the justices have said there must be a direct relationship between the seller and a party complaining about unfair pricing. A trial court initially dismissed the lawsuit, but the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived it.
Source: iPhone app antitrust case lands at Supreme Court
Analysis: This article was produced at 9:02 AM Today, basically 2 hours prior to the current time I'm writing this article, so it's safe to say this is reliable information. Though, there's no author mentioned which is strange. I didn't know about this at all, well I recently have not been paying attention to news but still. Something similar that happened in the past was Aaron Burr's conspiracy regarding capitalization on a possible war with Spain, even though he lost the case he was set free to do whatever he wanted because he was a previous vice president. Apple has a lot of power like Burr, even if it lost too it would still prosper. This article was written for consumers who share the same grievances. This article was written, because it is an important case against Apple. This article is important, because almost everyone buys from Apple so it's very important to us.
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