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Indeed. And Apple does have the benefit of prior art in the case of games consoles which have—for the past 30 years at least—required developers to accept some kind of revenue share for the right to distribute software to customers.



Is Apple advertising iPhones as game consoles?

When I search for iPhone on Google, the top result is a link to Apple with the text "Explore iPhone, the world's most powerful personal device."


Can you suggest why that would be relevant? It's not like the software license model of general purpose computers is enforced under law.


It would be evidence in antitrust proceedings to demonstrate that Apple is not aligning itself with the game console market but with the personal computer market.


You still haven't explained how that is relevant. The law doesn't currently distinguish between a personal computer and a game console.


Antitrust regulators do.


Citation?




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