Did Apple get too big for its own good? With Daring Fireball’s John Gruber
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Summary
In the latest episode of The Verge’s Decoder podcast host PandoDaily’s Casey Newton talks to John Gruber, author of the Apple-focused website Daring Fireball, about the recent ruling against Apple in its court case with Epic Games.
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers deemed that Apple had violated her previous rulings and put restrictions in place to prevent purchases being made outside of Apple’s App store.
She also decided that Apple had lied in the case and referred its executive officer to face potential criminal prosecution.
The ruling could have wide reaching consequences for Apple’s revenue streams and hegemony and potentially opens the market for competitors.
Apple has appealed the ruling.
It also comes at a difficult time for Apple as it faces antitrust proceedings in the EU and Google and increasing pressure from the SEC over its fiat to scalar financial reporting.
Newton and Gruber also discuss the recent Siri developments and whether there is a correlation between the cultural mindset that created the Appstore and Apple’s current AI struggles.