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Blockbuster lawsuit is biggest challenge to Apple ever.

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Lewis Wallace
March 21, 2024

It's the biggest challenge to Apple's reach and power to date.

If successful, it could profoundly change the way Apple makes its products.

However, the lawsuit will likely take years to wind through the courts. Plus, it contains some real head-scratchers, like demanding that Apple allow streaming apps (which it already does) as well as unspecified “Super Apps” (like China’s WeChat, which, again, Apple already does with multifunction apps like Facebook).

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— Steve Jobs, 2008.

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