A few weeks ago, Apple announced unannounced a reduction in commission that remains of all the purchases of the applications available in the App Store for all those developers who receive no more than $ 1 million in income, after Apple's commission has been discounted. This accounts for 98% of the Apple application developer community.
When it seemed that the waters were momentarily calming (pending the trial that is planned against Epic Games) Jail Freeman (known as Saurik, creator of the Cydia application store available only when jailbreaking), has joined a group of developers to accuse Apple of anti-competitive behavior.
Cydia has filed a lawsuit against Apple so that once and for all end the monopoly of software distribution on iOS devices. According to Cydia, if Apple did not have the "illegal monopoly" on the distribution of applications, users could choose how and where to download applications for their devices and also, developers would have alternative methods of distribution.
One of Apple's spokespersons, after being asked The Washington Post, states that the app store not a monopoly because it faces competition from Android. In addition, it states that Apple must maintain control of the software that is installed to prevent its customers from accidentally downloading viruses and malware that could compromise the security of their devices.
In response, Jail Freeman claims to the same media that before the App Store there was Cydia, a store that was created to make it easier for developers to install new software on the first iPhone to hit the market to add new features that were not available on the original iPhone.
Freeman goes on to state that the risks of jailbreak are exaggerated and are similar to downloading software on any computer. In addition, he states that "Morally speaking, it is your phone and you should be able to do whatever you want with it."
Cydia's lawyer affirms that the "legal climate" has changed because now now is the ideal time to file a lawsuit against Apple, being Cydia the best example of an antitrust case, since it is an alternative application store to the one that Apple offers natively. If the lawsuit is finally successful, Cydia could come to iOS without having to jailbreak the device. Time will tell.
Not only was it there before the Apple Store, but for a while Apple said that having web pages and applications, you did not need applications, or development tools, much less a store.
Cydia brought us before anyone else copy-paste, video recording, (unofficial) social media apps, content publishing, games ... and even Flash when it was essential.
When jailbreak became impossible and was taken over by Chinese characters of dubious intentions, I knew it was time to jump ship. The iPhone went (are) in other directions, as well as everything else at Apple, prices included. Whoever is doing well, I'm happy for him. I still hope they don't give me everything chewed up this way.