Being Sicilian I'm well placed to know how to name this kind of acts: mafia.
The only difference with traditional mafia is that in this case the act is dressed with the clothes of a big corporation but the underlying meaning of this kind of acts is just the same.
You mean outside of the physical coercion, eh? That seems like a big difference in my head.
If I petition the city to have my neighbor trim back his tree, it is one thing. If I beat him and threaten his family as an encouragement to trim the tree and give me $20, it is another thing altogether.
Actions can be mafia even without physical violence.
As everyone can see the notice was sent by Apple itself not by an US institution like a tribunal or a governmental agency.
Even juridical acts can be a form of violence expecially if they came from a big organization against a small retailer. The fact that there is no physical violence put them in another plan but violence and intimidations are always of the same nature and qualifies this act as mafia (in my point of view).
I would attribute the mafia-style handling even more to Microsoft who basically formed a protection racket demanding fees from all Android manufacturers who want to build devices using a free and open source OS.
In the USA the government is the mafia. Similar to mafia's strength with 40 percent unemployment in So. Italy. The goal of US government is 40 percent unemployment which will give them ultimate control over the population. It has nothing to do with Republican or Democratic parties. You see the truth.
The only difference with traditional mafia is that in this case the act is dressed with the clothes of a big corporation but the underlying meaning of this kind of acts is just the same.