Apple faces prosecution: is the App Store suspected of monopoly?

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Modern society, mobile phone in hand, nothing worry. Shopping without a wallet, online payment can take care of everything, travel too lazy to back the camera, repair map App to help you create the most beautiful yourself. Watching live, learning English, playing games, listening to music, our life has been filled with all kinds of apps. It is reported that the Apple app Store has accumulated more than 4.5 million apps, fixed 30%, to create tens of billions of dollars in revenue. Is this practice a monopoly? How did the U.S. Supreme Court intervene?

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The Supreme Court would wade into a fight over Apple's tightly controlled App Store

Apple Mall: Strict control and controversy, the Supreme Court to intervene

The Supreme Court on Monday announced so it would consider a case, asks whether consumers can sue Apple over the-the- It manages millions of apps for IPhones and IPads, threatening to expose isn't only Apple but also it tech indust Ry peers to new antitrust scrutiny.

The Supreme Court of the United States announced in Monday that the court would accept a case in which the question was whether consumers could sue for Apple's millions of app on the IPhone and IPad. Not just Apple, the case could involve other technology peers in Apple's new antitrust review .

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The lawsuit could force Apple to rethink the IT manages it App Store, long considered one of the most highly curated Platforms in the business. For one thing, Apple generally takes a percent cut of all third-party apps sold through its portal. In the eyes of the plaintiffs, then fee ultimately hurts consumers, because developers pass those added costs on to IPhone and IPad users who purchase the paid apps.

The lawsuit may force Apple to rethink the way it manages its marketplace, which has long been considered one of the industry's most screened platforms. First, Apple typically collects 30% of the third-party apps sold through its marketplace. In the plaintiff's view, the expense ultimately violated the consumer, as the developer would pass the fee on to the IPhone and IPad users who purchased the paid app.

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Apple has argued the IT policies target developers, not consumers. It has likened itself to a shopping mall that "leases space to various stores," which then sell to shoppers. In a digital context, Apple says consumers aren ' t buying apps from the Company-they ' re buying them from the creators of Those apps through the App Store interface. The arguments rest on a Supreme Court decision from the 1970s so found consumers can ' t seek damages in cases where a COM Pany allegedly charged a third party and so third party then passed the costs onto its customers.

Apple argues that its policies are aimed at developers rather than consumers. It compares itself to a "rental space for different merchant" commercial areas, which are then sold by the merchant to customers. In the context of digital technology, Apple claims that consumers do not buy goods from Apple, but buy them from app developers via the Apple Marketplace interface. This assertion relied on a ruling by the Supreme Court in the 70 's that the consumer would not claim compensation if a company was charged with charging a third party and the third party passed the fee on to the consumer.

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A loss for Apple could mean trouble for other companies, like Google and Microsoft, which has their own repositories for Third-party apps on smartphones and other devices. It could mean a "potential flood of lawsuits," said Morgan Reed, the leader of Act:the App Association, a washington-base D trade group for App-makers that's sponsored by Apple. It has asked the Supreme Court to halt the lawsuit.

If Apple loses its case, it could cause trouble for other companies such as Google and Microsoft, which have their own third-party repositories on smartphones and other devices. ACT leader Morganride says this could mean a "large number of potential lawsuits" that need to be addressed. ACT is a Washington-based application society and an Apple-sponsored developer Trade Organization. It has requested the Supreme Court to suspend proceedings.

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Key words

Wade: Trek (from water, mud, etc.) Wade, through Wade into: actively involved, forcibly involved in something.

sue/su?/v. To sue or bring a lawsuit

Lawsuit/?l?? su?t/n. Litigation or prosecution

Curate/kj?? re?t/or/?kj?r?t/v. Screening and presentation (Internet industry terminology)

Portal/?p??  rtl/n. Door; portal site

Plaintiff/?ple?nt?f/n. Plaintiff; prosecution.

Liken/?la?k?n/v. to be likened to; Compared to

lease/li?s/v. Hire, rent, rent

Interface/?? nt?rfe?s/n. Interfaces (especially screen layouts and menus)

Repository/r?? Pɑ?z?t?? ri/n. Warehouse; storage room; Storage Place

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Her mind is a rich repository of poems. Poem: Poetry

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The relevant terminology in the U.S. courts

Infractions: a micro-crime

Misdemeanors: Misdemeanor

Felonies: Felony

Plaintiff;complainant;demandant: (a civil) plaintiff

Prosecutor: a accuser (criminal) plaintiff

Defendant;the accused: Defendant

Investigation: Investigation or investigation

Bail: Bail

Detention: Custody

Drop the charge: withdrawal of charges

Dismiss the charge: rejection charges

Preliminary hearing: Pre-trial

Grand jury: Grand jury

Arraignment: Subpoena, Sue

Acquitted: Innocence release

Probation: Probation

Apple faces prosecution: is the App Store suspected of monopoly?