Jailbreak App Store Cydia Sues Apple

The iphone s original and unofficial app store has sued apple accusing the company of having a monopoly on the distribution of apps.

Jailbreak app store cydia sues apple. Since the launch of the app store ios has had only way to install apps. The iphone s original and unofficial app store has sued apple accusing the company of having a monopoly on the distribution of apps. Cydia an app store created and launched in 2007 by jay.

Cydia the original app store for jailbroken iphones has joined a wave of companies and regulators in targeting apple over antitrust concerns in a lawsuit it filed on thursday it accused apple. Now cydia is joining a growing cadre of. Cydia the popular third party app store for apple devices such as the iphone and the ipad has sued apple for creating a monopoly.

Illustration by alex castro the verge a new lawsuit from the creator of jailbroken ios app store cydia claims apple used anti competitive tactics that froze out cydia and other would be rivals. Cydia an app store created and launched in 2007 by jay saurik freeman one of the original jailbreakers filed the lawsuit against apple on thursday. It is essential to jailbreak an iphone or an ipad to use cydia which provides major paid titles for free.

Apple successfully pushed cydia into oblivion but the company s founder jay freeman is fighting back in a new. Developers of the popular jailbreak app store cydia have allegedly sued apple for anti competitive behaviour. Cydia on thursday sued apple accusing the company of using anticompetitive tactics to nearly destroy cydia ahead of the app store launch which cydia s lawyers say has a monopoly over software distribution on ios devices.

The report by washing post says that the lawsuit was filed today and the developers have charged apple for establishing a monopoly over ios app distribution.