U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone monopoly

Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by zer00eyz on Thursday March 21, 2024 @12:41PM (#39780946)

>> I question the wisdom of it, but the idea of this aggressive antitrust enforcement, which so far has more strikes than hits

We only really take these up when they are blatant (price fixing, apple and books, MS and vendors). Or lock ins where there is NO alternative (MS and browsers). This doesn't really meet those bars.

If Apple wins this one at home, then they can quickly cry about other countries regulations being "anti competitive".

I have to wonder if this political on some level.

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by emodendroket on Thursday March 21, 2024 @01:23PM (#39781611)

> We only really take these up when they are blatant (price fixing, apple and books, MS and vendors).

Not anymore... look at the failed action to stop MS acquiring Activision for instance. Was that "blatant"? I guess not since enforcement failed. Lina Khan's whole thing is aggressively broadening antitrust enforcement.

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