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by goodlifeodyssey 2137 days ago
> Epic very specifically defined the "market" as iOS devices.

That is true, but I think it is debatable whether that is a reasonable way to define "market".

It would be as if a vendor wanted to sell their goods in a grocery store. The grocery store says no for some reason. The vendor disagrees and sues them, saying they have a monopoly on all grocery store sales on that particular corner.

"Wait, but there is a grocery store across the street?"

Well, in their law suite they defined market to be just that corner---they excluded the other corner where the Android grocery store is selling things.

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That is not an apt analogy because the switching costs for grocery stores is no where near as high with iOS. If you want the full argument I highly recommend reading the full legal filing.[1]

[1] https://cdn2.unrealengine.com/apple-complaint-734589783.pdf