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Apple has kept an illegal monopoly over smartphones in US, Justice Department says in antitrust suit

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mystery-ak:
Apple has kept an illegal monopoly over smartphones in US, Justice Department says in antitrust suit

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MIKE BALSAMO
Updated 9:57 AM CDT, March 21, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Thursday announced a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of engineering an illegal monopoly in smartphones that boxes out competitors and stifles innovation.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in New Jersey, alleges that Apple has monopoly power in the smartphone market and uses its control over the iPhone to “engage in a broad, sustained, and illegal course of conduct.”

The lawsuit — which was also filed with 16 state attorneys general — is the latest example of the Justice Department’s approach to aggressive enforcement of federal antitrust law that officials say is aimed at ensuring a fair and competitive market, even as it has lost some significant anticompetition cases.

Apple called the lawsuit “wrong on the facts and the law” and said it “will vigorously defend against it.”

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DefiantMassRINO:
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Not for those of us who don't use smart phones.

Drago:
Strange...Google/Android phones are 70+% of market share (Apple ~30%)...not sure how that is a "monopoly". Maybe Apple donations to the Biden campaign were insufficient so it is payback time?

https://www.statista.com/statistics/272698/global-market-share-held-by-mobile-operating-systems-since-2009/

The Biden campaign donation option worked for Charlie Ergen @ DISH...fraud charges dropped by the "Justice" Dept. after a large donation to the Biden campaign:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/three-months-after-dish-network-chair-donated-113000-to-biden-the-company-gets-welcome-news-from-the-doj-lawsuit-to-be-dismissed/ar-BB1knpFX

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