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US sues Apple for illegal monopoly over smartphones (www.theverge.com)
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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.

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[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm willing to take the movement as a good sign. The fact that we haven't even been talking about this shit for decades now was just depressing. It's long past time for this shit, and the ball needs to get rolling.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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
[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year 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.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Very true, mine is just anecdotal evidence in the end, no matter how much it is