[tiledjinn]

Apple wasn't ruled not a monopoly. It was ruled that the evidence Epic brought in the case was insufficient to show Apple was a monopoly, and the court would entertain other arguments in the future.

Apple didn't need to do anything, but they didn't "win" that convincingly.

[brookst]

That’s splitting hairs. By that logic nobody ever wins when they defend a lawsuit, the plaintiffs just fail to prove their point and different plaintiffs and/or different evidence might prevail in the future.

[jychang]

Well, being dismissed "with prejudice" exists.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/with_prejudice

[entropicdrifter]

Yeah, but winning vs winning on all possible fronts is a meaningful distinction. Apple won, they just didn't win as much as possible.