“While today’s ruling states that the district court "erred as a matter of law on several issues," it says those errors "were harmless."”
The Ninth Circuit found the lower court got the law wrong in several places and upheld it anyway. Apple keeps its closed App Store and its up to 30 percent cut, and its spokesperson is counting nine of 10 claims as wins. The one loss lets developers tell users a cheaper price exists on the web. Apple is already “considering further review” of the only rule that would cost it money.