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.

  • gian @lemmy.grys.itEnglish
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    8 months ago

    What existing rules? The rules designed for 19th/20th century oil companies that don’t apply to modern tech companies?

    They can be old and technically it can be a stretch to apply them to a tech company, but they are still here.

    New rules are being written.

    That’s good

    Apple could play in the game with a different set of rules

    They’re playing a different game because they’re the ones who built the ballpark they’re playing in. Don’t like the game? Don’t go to the ballpark.

    As long as the ballpark is not a problem for other people, ok. But if the ballpark is a problem for the people playing…

    It’s so exhausting how you people simply can’t accept “don’t buy Apple” and leave it alone

    “Don’t buy Apple” is not a giustification for Apple to do something that is illegal, at least from the DOJ point of view.