With the US Department of Justicebreathing down its neck opening , Apple is attempting to fight down itself over allegations of ebook monetary value fixing — claim that it ’s the victim of conspiracy theory and over - analysis .
https://gizmodo.com/justice-department-threatens-apple-with-lawsuit-over-eb-5891512
Apple claim that pubslishers were depart to arrange their own prices , and it ca n’t be held responiisble for them being gamy , reports Paid Content . Essentially , it points to the idea that Amazon ’s ebook prices were artificially downhearted — which in some cases they were — and that publishing house tried to restore normalcy by shifting prices . No inculpation , accord to Apple , lies at its door .
Apple is also keen to signal out that the debacle is purely an ebook way out . Interesting , as the Department of Justice lawsuit hints that the price fixing was a way of slowing Amazon ’s incoming into the lozenge market . In response , Apple has said :
“ … if Amazon was a “ terror ” that want to be squelch by means of an illegal conspiracy , why would Apple extend Amazon ’s Kindle app on the iPad ? Why would Apple conclude that conspire to force Amazon to no longer lose money on eBooks would lame Amazon ’s competitive fortune ? ”
All of which are ripe points , but it ’s hard to get aside from the fact that it does seem Apple was entangled in the price scope — at least to some extent . So , Apple versus the Department of Justice , then . Who ’ll win ? [ Paid Content ]
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