The lawsuit seeks to upend a major part of Apple’s business.

The US Department of Justice and 16 state and district attorneys general accused Apple of operating an illegal monopoly in the smartphone market in a new antitrust lawsuit. The DOJ and states are accusing Apple of driving up prices for consumers and developers at the expense of making users more reliant on its iPhones.

  • SulaymanF@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    That’s not Apple, that’s the free market. Samsung touted wired headphones and a headphone jack and the market still showed they wanted wireless.

    • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      8 months ago

      and the market still showed they wanted wireless

      Or maybe people just need phones and there are only like 3 actual options.

      • SulaymanF@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        8 months ago

        That’s simply not true. Have you been in a mobile phone store recently? There’s far more than 3 brands of phone let alone 3 models per brand.