Supreme Court to hear case alleging Apple's App Store is a monopoly

Apple's stronghold over app distribution on the iOS platform is a divisive issue, divisive enough that the argument over whether the iOS App Store violates antitrust laws will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. It is unclear exactly when the case will make it to the Supreme Court, but the Court has decided it will hear arguments sometime between October 2018 and July 2019.

The case, Apple v. Pepper, hinges on the argument that because Apple doesn't allow sideloading of apps and doesn't allow any other app stores on iOS that the official App Store has a monopoly on ...