Did Apple Win? It's Complicated.

Not a Monopoly but must change payment rules

By Keith Teare • Issue #273 • View online

This week Apple declares victory in defending its app store from claims it is a monopoly while its enemies circle the wagons intent on freeloading on Apple’s infrastructure.

Content

• Apple Wins and Loses
• Don’t Look Away, Venture is Changing
• Banks are an Endangered Species
• The Metaverse
• Theranos is One of Us?
• Tokens are Better Than Equity
• Taming Billionaires the Chinese Way
• Startup of the Week
• Tweet of the Week

Editorial

A day late. For that I am sorry. If you sit up waiting for That Was The Week on a Friday afternoon (pacific time), you will have been disappointed. Only joking. That said, my tardiness was rewarded by the release of the news about the judge’s ruling in the Epic vs Apple case. So I took a few extra hours to include the best coverage.

Regular readers will know that I consider the app store to be an important gain for developers and software users worldwide. Last week I pointed out that most apps…