If a seven-year-old antitrust case finds Apple guilty of misusing its position in the apps market, the ramifications could be huge
A strange thing happened last week: Microsoft passed Apple (briefly) to become the world’s most valuable company. Two factors seem to have accounted for this. The first is that Microsoft (which many people – mistakenly – think of as the tech equivalent of the Singer sewing machine company) has been on a roll recently as its CEO, Satya Nadella, successfully pivoted the company to focus on cloud computing (in addition to Windows, the Xbox and its Surface tablets).
The second is that Apple shares have been on the slide because investors fear that iPhone sales may have reached a plateau and that the remarkable growth in Apple’s “services” business will not make up for the decline in iPhone revenues.
Apple’s iron grip on the App Store ensures that very few dangerous, insecure or malevolent apps get on to it
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