Apple Inc further loosened App Store rules on Wednesday, allowing some content companies like Netflix Inc to provide links to their websites so customers can sign up for paid accounts.
Apple's App Store forms the core of its $53.8 billion services segment, and it collects commissions between 15% and 30% from in-app purchases.
That case may determine whether Apple can retain control over what apps appear on its devices and whether it is allowed to charge commissions to developers. "Apple should open up iOS on the basis of hardware, stores, payments, and services each competing individually on their merits. Instead, they're running a literally day-by-day recalculation of divide-and-conquer in hopes of getting away with most of their tying practices," he said on Twitter.
The iPhone maker's latest concession is the second in as many weeks. It reached a deal last week with
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