I would be reticent to praise them quite so effusively, though I do think they're the best of of the big tech companies currently. I'll be watching the development of this suit with great interest: https://time.com/5596033/lawsuit-apple-selling-itunes-listen...
I think that case is kind of a stretch. I read the complaint and there are two arguments:
1. Lists of people who have purchased [music genre] from iTunes & listened on Pandora is for sale by data brokers, and
2. App developers (they specifically call out Pandora) who use the MediaFramework API have access to iTunes library metadata that they can then collect.
I haven’t looked at Apple’s Developer Agreement recently but I suspect Pandora (and potentially others) hasn’t complied with the terms.
1. Lists of people who have purchased [music genre] from iTunes & listened on Pandora is for sale by data brokers, and
2. App developers (they specifically call out Pandora) who use the MediaFramework API have access to iTunes library metadata that they can then collect.
I haven’t looked at Apple’s Developer Agreement recently but I suspect Pandora (and potentially others) hasn’t complied with the terms.