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U.S. Sues Apple, Accusing It of Maintaining an iPhone Monopoly (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 8 months ago by rgb3x3@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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The department joined 16 states and the District of Columbia to file a significant challenge to the reach and influence of Apple, arguing in an 88-page lawsuit that the company had violated antitrust laws with practices that were intended to keep customers reliant on their iPhones and less likely to switch to a competing device. The tech giant prevented other companies from offering applications that compete with Apple products like its digital wallet, which could diminish the value of the iPhone, and hurts consumers and smaller companies that compete with it, the government said.

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[–] Spoodle@beehaw.org 44 points 8 months ago (7 children)

Having owned and used both iphones and android phones, l definitely see all of the issues presented in the lawsuit as valid. I just don’t understand how these charges are being brought up under antitrust laws.

It’s not exactly like the microsoft antitrust suit from 2000ish, iOS is a proprietary operating system on a proprietary piece of hardware. Nintendo isn’t being hit with suits for not allowing me to play playstation games on my switch.

If the government really sees an issue with this they should focus on creating a set of interoperability mandates much like the EU did.

[–] sanzky@beehaw.org 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Jason Snell made a good overview of what the suit focuses on. I think it makes the case easier to understand https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/03/u-s-versus-apple-a-first-reaction/

[–] Spoodle@beehaw.org 2 points 8 months ago

That was an excellent read! Thanks for that!

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