Over a year ago, the creator of Cydia, the first unofficial app store for jailbroken iOS devices, filed a lawsuit against Apple . The reason is the anti-competitive practice of the American giant with its App Store app store. Before the lawsuit could begin, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez, who also led Apple’s lawsuit against Epic Games , had to declare whether the complaint was admissible.
At the beginning of the year, the Cydia creator’s lawsuit was dismissed, but the judge authorized him to file a new one only if the statute of limitations had not expired. Jay Freeman, who goes by the handle Saurik, changed the lawsuit. The first complaint concerned 2008-2009, and the second one – 2018-2021. This Friday Judge Gonzalez accepted this “new version” and Apple failed to dismiss the lawsuit.
A new complaint points out that aggressive changes to iOS have prevented alternative stores, including Cydia, from “providing useful apps for the iPhone.” Every year, Apple made the process of hacking the iPhone more and more difficult, because the Cydia store began to lose popularity.
Since the complaint is now admissible, Freeman will be able to fully focus on preparing for a new antitrust lawsuit against Apple.
Recall that the Cydia application store appeared in 2008, even before the App Store. The store also charged developers a commission and generated up to $10 million in revenue in 2011 and 2012.
