Court rules Apple can be sued over App Store monopoly

Apple’s insistence that its devices only support apps sold directly through its app store is potentially monopolistic, a US appeals court has concluded.
This means a legal challenge originally filed in 2012, but chucked out by a lower court, can be reinstated. The original class-action suit was filed on behalf of consumers, who claimed the 30% of the cost of an iOS app they pay direct to Apple was unfair and excessive, enabled by the fact that Apple doesn’t allow apps purchased anywh