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.

  • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    There’s a lot of corporate competitive behavior that’s ok, when you’re one of many, that isn’t anymore when you dominate the market.

    • Apple hasn’t dominated US cell phone market for decades yet
    • the same behavior is perfectly legit for laptops, because Apple is a small player in that market
    • Smartwatches are interesting - I don’t know the dynamics of that market but I don’t know anyone whose smartwatch is not Apple
    • Kairos@lemmy.todayEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago
      • Phones haven’t been around for decades and that’s a dumb point
      • They actually don’t do the same behavior on macs because it’s illegal
      • Thank you for demonstrating the case’s point.
    • JJROKCZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      Apple has dominated the smartphone market since the iPhone 5 in the us. I’ve managed my works mdm tool for a decade and never have I seen the android collective share surpass 10% in the pie chart it shows me of versions

      • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        Looks like the stats are all over the place but iPhones are about 50% of US market ± 10%. Neither you nor I are representative