The US DOJ sues Apple, alleging the company blocked its competitors from accessing iPhone features, made switching to non-Apple devices more difficult, and more
In 2010, a top Apple executive emailed Apple's then-CEO about an ad for the new Kindle e-reader. TechCrunch : TechCrunch Minute: Breaking down the Apple iPhone antitrust lawsuit from the DOJ CNBC : DOJ sues Apple over iPhone monopoly in landmark antitrust case US Department of Justice : Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks on Lawsuit Against Apple for Monopolizing Smartphone Markets Andrew Griffin / The Independent : Apple faces a fight with the US. The outcome could change your iPhone Casey Newton / Platformer : The Department of Justice comes for Apple Jason Koebler / 404 Media : Here's the U.S. Government's Antitrust Case Against Apple CNN : Apple sued in a landmark iPhone monopoly lawsuit Stan Schroeder / Mashable : Apple tried to make Apple Watch work with Android Al Jazeera : Why is the US suing Apple? A ‘monopoly’ vs ‘innovation’ battle Wendy Davis / MediaPost : Apple Monopolizes Smartphone Market, Biden Admin Charges Ian Krietzberg / Raleigh News & Observer : Analysts say the DOJ suit against Apple will ‘prove to be noise’ Conor Allison / Wareable : Apple Watch on Android would create choice, but it wouldn't shake up the market Jonathan Wong / Business Times : DOJ Charges Apple with Anticompetitive Practices, Sparking Legal Battle Chris Hall / T3 : iPhone SE 4 case leaked - does that mean the cheaper iPhone will soon follow? Sumit Adhikari / Android Headlines : Apple worked three to bring the Apple Watch to Android Oliver Haslam / Redmond Pie : Apple Argues It Spent Years To Make The Apple Watch Work With Android Alex Blake / TechRadar : The Apple Watch almost came to Android, but ‘technical’ difficulties got in the way Tammy Rogers / iMore : Apple confirms it tried to make Apple Watch for Android for three years — company reveals plans in response to DOJ lawsuit Tom Pritchard / Tom's Guide : Apple Watch could have come to Android — but Apple claims it wasn't possible Ana Zirojevic / Finbold : Impeccable timing? Senator sells all his Apple stock before lawsuit Chris Smith / BGR : Will the Apple Watch ever work with Android? Patrick Seitz / Investor's Business Daily : Apple Stock Drops As Justice Department Sues iPhone Maker Camila Foster / Sammy Fans : Apple faces US DOJ lawsuit over alleged iPhone monopoly Michael Aronson / New York Daily News : iPhone or iMonopoly?: The feds take on Apple for smartphone antirust violations The Hacker News : U.S. Justice Department Sues Apple Over Monopoly and Messaging Security Rushil Agrawal / Android Authority : It's true: Apple tried to make the Apple Watch work with Android Aditya Tiwari / Neowin : Apple worked for years to make Apple Watch compatible with Android, says report Why Evolution Is True : Friday: Hili dialogue Meghan Morris / Business Insider : The US settled with Microsoft in 2000, paving the way for Apple's rise. Now, Apple's in similar legal crosshairs. Abdullah / Gizchina : Apple tried to make the Apple Watch compatible with Android for three years but failed TechCentral.ie : Apple sued by US government over smartphone dominance John Gruber / Daring Fireball : U.S. Department of Justice Sues Apple, Accusing It of Illegally Abusing an iPhone Monopoly Heirul Kamel / Lowyat.NET : The US Department Of Justice Files Lawsuit Against Apple For Monopolising Smartphone Markets Rob Wile / NBC News : Apple sued by Biden administration over alleged iPhone ‘monopoly power’ Shira Ovide / Washington Post : Why is the government suing Apple? Look at your iPhone's restrictions. Siladitya Ray / Forbes : Apple Slips In Premarket Trading Following Report Of A DOJ Antitrust Case Kevin Nguyen / The Verge : Why is the Department of Justice suing Apple? Liz Hoffman / Semafor : Apple and other big tech firms' message to regulators: Bring it on Chris Katje / Benzinga : Apple DOJ Lawsuit Could Challenge ‘Core Business Model’: Leading Analyst Predicts What's Next For Tech Giant Kristijan Lucic / Android Headlines : Apple vs DOJ antitrust trial: Everything you need to know - updated March 21, 2024 Freelance Informer : Apple Lawsuit: Market Cap Drops $100bn, So What's The Good News? Paul E King / Pocketables : US DOJ decides to take on Apple for monopolistic practices Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch : Apple's antitrust suit is a silver lining for Epic Games Threads: David Ruddock / @daviddoesfuji : Also, why is Apple PR shooting from the hip like this? It feels very un-Apple to drop a background statement to a reporter with the nebulous goal of... convincing who of what, exactly? This is transparent and reactionary and it's not a good look At All David Ruddock / @daviddoesfuji : Apple is worth three trillion dollars. It has probably “explored” more ideas in the last 10 years than I could imagine. If this is meant to in some way sidestep the very obvious and very intentional moating of features like iMessage and AirDrop, it's not remotely convincing as an argument. … Casey Newton / @crumbler : A notable aspect of the DOJ lawsuit against Apple is that of the five core charges, Apple has essentially conceded — at least in part — on three of them: cloud game streaming, iMessage/RCS, and NFC chip access (in Europe) https://www.platformer.news/ ... Walt Mossberg / @mossbergwalt : Apple is hardly perfect. It seems excessive to ban a developer from merely putting a URL for an alternate payment method in its app. But, hands down, I'd take Apple's concern for privacy and security over the option of having competing app stores from companies that don't care about such things. … Walt Mossberg / @mossbergwalt : The iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch have delivered enormous benefits for consumers. Not so much for certain types of developers and competitors. But I wish the DOJ would move faster and do better in stopping Trump from destroying democracy than in helping companies compete with Apple on its own devices. Ben Schoon / @nexusben : The fact that this quote has made it to a government lawsuit is AMAZING and so deserved. More on @9to5google: https://9to5google.com/... Benedict Evans / @benedictevans : The more of this DoJ lawsuit I read, the more sloppy it gets. It reminds me of that FTC case against Meta that just... forgot to define Meta's ‘monopoly’. The judge threw it out and the FTC had to refile the whole thing. Christina Warren / @film_girl : I thought the last time the DoJ sued the largest American tech company over monopolistic practices it was dumb. I think it's dumb this time too. But I cannot lie, I live for the drama. Ian Betteridge / @ianbetteridge : I have no proper opinion about the DOJ/Apple stuff yet, because like 98.7% of the people complaining loudly about how terrible it is, I haven't read the 88 page filing. Varun / @hexinab0x : Apple still not sunsetting Siri is the only acceptable reason to sue the company Christopher Mims / @technicallymims : I really think if Apple had just never turned the bubbles green none of this would have ever happened Casey Newton / @crumbler : There are many satisfying passages in the DOJ's case against Apple but this one, where they call out the company's disingenuous reliance on arguments about privacy and security, is my favorite Mastodon: Christina Warren / @film_girl@mastodon.social : I appreciate and respect how many people in the EU have told us Americans how we don't understand how EU policy works wrt the DMA. And you're right! When we opine on it, it is rarely with a cultural understanding of how things work there. But similarly, I really would like EU people to understand the US DoJ doesn't work like the EU. … Sean Heber / @bigzaphod@mastodon.social : I think maybe before taking any quick knee-jerk article about the DOJ vs. Apple lawsuit at face value, maybe read (or at least skim) the actual lawsuit yourself: https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ... I haven't read it in detail (and I'm not going to, tbh) … X: Nancy Pelosi Stock Tracker / @pelositracker_ : Impeccable Politician timing, once again 👌 Two months ago, we shared Senator Tommy Tuberville sold his entire $500K stake in Apple Today, the DOJ opened a lawsuit against $AAPL to break up its “Smart Phone Monopoly” The stock is down 4% today & 10% since he sold on 1/19 [image] Mark Gurman / @markgurman : The DOJ is blaming Apple for the Amazon Fire phone failing. Carl Pei / @getpeid : Historical day. The entire tech industry thanks Spotify and @eldsjal for leading the charge! 💐 Jason Kint / @jason_kint : This may go unnoticed but it is a fundamental shift in understanding how privacy and competition interrelate which scares the bejesus out of big tech who have long tried to keep privacy and antitrust in separate lanes to use as defense arguments. [video] Elizabeth Warren / @senwarren : It's time to break up @Apple's monopoly. From limiting digital wallets to raising iPhone prices, Apple has used its power to stop innovation, crush competition & harm consumers. This a new era of antitrust enforcement. @TheJusticeDept Kanter is holding Big Tech accountable. Gergely Orosz / @gergelyorosz : I keep saying that antitrust for Big Tech works surprisingly similar in the US and the EU - just with different timelines. Apple is another proof. Not too surprising given the de facto monopolies many of these tech companies became and their interest in reducing competition. Sebastiaan de With / @sdw : The US Department of Justice thinks Beeper — a hack that spoofed Mac serial numbers to make iMessage work on random hardware — was ‘fixing’ the messaging experience on iOS. What... the actual fuck [image] Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi : A key part of Apple's brand promise is child safety. The streaming platforms are used by many under 18 or under 16 and are notorious for lax to no enforcement of standards and for inviting use to in-app purchasing to bypass parental controls. Essentially DOJ is arguing against... [image] Eric Jackson / @ericjackson : So much harm and innovation thwarted by Apple over the years. I wish Steve Jobs was alive to rail against these technocrat elite regulators driven by blind and ignorant politics Amy Klobuchar / @amyklobuchar : The DOJ antitrust division filed a significant and important pro-consumer action today. Apple is a gatekeeper that controls technology on the phones of more than half of all Americans. If our legislation to safeguard competition for consumers and businesses had passed (and one day it will), Apple would not have been able to engage in this conduct to begin with. Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi : Please read “Thoughts on Flash” as it could not be clearer why Apple did what it did. And this was before the iPad and long before PWAs or large smartphone share. Apple had less than 15% share when it drew the line at these runtimes. Yes it is the case that behavior is different... [image] Luther Lowe / @lutherlowe : Just as progressive groups came out in praise of Bill Barr's US v Google case in October of 2020, conservatives are praising the Biden DOJ's actions today on Apple. https://web.archive.org/... Checking the power of gatekeepers who abuse their dominance is a bipartisan endeavor. Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi : What is a monopoly rent if the price has gone down as the platform became more popular? Why is Android's take the same? Why is Sony's? Does anyone think Unity/Unreal like their store fees or do they feel they messed up? As you keep reading this is getting more sloppy. What's a... [image] Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi : The documents will show they were debating whether to have apps at all. Why? Because of concerns over how people will exploit the platform and risk security and privacy, and battery life. See “Thoughts on Flash” and see “I'm a Mac” tv commercials. The whole concept of curated... [image] Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi : Have they used an Android phone? Has anyone tried to get their photos of Google? Can you even move your Google docs anywhere? Have you tried to export your saved maps? The list is endless and Google has higher share. [image] Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi : The filing is very confused about what the platform is. This is similar to what we experienced in the Windows case. Is it APIs? Is it the end-user experience? And in Apple's case is it the hardware? I suspect the case is confused because so much of the institutional knowledge... [image] Florian Mueller / @florian4gamers : Still reading the DOJ complaint. Here's the most brutal sentence thus far: “Rather, to protect its smartphone monopoly—and the extraordinary profits that monopoly generates—Apple repeatedly chooses to make its products worse for consumers to prevent competition from emerging.” Florian Mueller / @florian4gamers : An abstract way of looking at the DOJ's antitrust action against Apple is that it's like they're zooming in on the very part that the district court and the appeals court said Epic had failed to prove: customer lock-in. Epic's sacrifice was not in vain, apart from the injunction Ashley White / @skinclasshero : If monopolization was a true concern, Ticketmaster is right there. This is really about Apple refusing to unlock phones for law enforcement. Joel Thayer / @joellthayer : ‼️ Today, 14 conservatives filed a letter to the @JusticeATR to express their support for its antitrust action against @Apple. Those listed are @Heritage @mrmeador @digitalfirstprj @JoinFAI @ZacharyGraves @ClareMorellEPPC @BullMooseProj @ZivenHavens @geoffrey_cain @JuliusKrein... [image] Gene Munster / @munster_gene : My initial take: DOJ case opens a new chapter for $AAPL investors, which I'll title “The Waiting Room”. As a point of reference, DOJ began its case against $MSFT in 1998 and the ruling came in 2001. Those were three long years... Eric Jackson / @ericjackson : Alternative ending: Trump elected. Case dropped Ingrid / @ingridlunden : The Apple Pay part of the complaint is the only time the DOJ references Europe, which has otherwise been a hotbed of Apple regulatory action. It's small revenues today, but a big part of the Apple playbook; no surprise it gets the attention it does. tip @Techmeme Alexei Oreskovic / @lexnfx : A costly quip indeed... [image] Jon Fortt / @jonfortt : I find it hilarious that the government takes partial credit here for the success of $AAPL's iPod, as if Steve Jobs didn't have to cut a deal with them HP CEO Carly Fiorina to seed the distribution of iTunes on Windows. [image] Mark Gurman / @markgurman : In response to the DOJ lawsuit, Apple confirmed it worked on Android support for the Apple Watch for three years before killing it over privacy concerns. This was Project Fennel, which I wrote about last year. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : The root of Apple's recent success Apple to use dominance of the iPhone to push for dominance elsewhere (see Pay, Watch, AirPods). Even then it's still shockingly bold that Apple told car manufacturers that the only way to keep CarPlay is if they let Apple take over the dash. Gergely Orosz / @gergelyorosz : So THIS is why GM said it will no longer support Apple CarPlay from 2026?! And build their own Android experience. Because they don't want Apple to take over all the car's screens as Apple demands it does so. From the US vs Apple lawsuit: [image] @modestproposal1 : In tech, you either die at the mercy of a monopolist or live long enough to become the executioner Ben Thompson / @benthompson : This is the worst history of the iPod I've ever seen. [image] Carolina Milanesi / @caro_milanesi : Every case against Apple portraits its users as consumers with no free will. I really struggle with that Benjamin Mayo / @bzamayo : There's no sourcing on these flyby quotes from unnamed Apple employees, but this is somewhat juicy: it sounds like an iPhone product manager explaining how they should differentiate Pro vs non-Pro models more aggressively. ["... very hard to regress our product features YOY"... Existing features “would have been good enough today if we hadn't introduced [them] already,”..."] Vadim Yuryev / @vadimyuryev : Tim Cook laughing all the way to the bank! For real, though. The blue bubble and high quality image and video messaging is one of the major pieces that helps keep iPhone users from switching over to Android. Apple will battle this to the death. [image] Ben Schoon / @nexusben : The fact that this quote has made it to a government lawsuit is AMAZING and so deserved. ["Buy your mom an iPhone"] Daniel Castro / @castrotech : Replace “Apple” with “the government” and this DOJ complaint sounds more like the right-wing complaints about businesses paying too much taxes, rather than the left-wing rejoinder that its fair because they didn't build their businesses alone. https://www.justice.gov/... [image] Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald : Continuing and expanding on the anti-trust efforts of the Trump DOJ — including continuing with the lawsuit against Google and now this new one against Apple over its iPhone monopoly — is one of the few good things the Biden Admin has done. https://www.nytimes.com/... @brij : One can make reasonable argument around need to expand payment inclusion with better 3rd party access to nfc/Apple Pay and cutting 30% fee (which was reasonable to begin with but now feels obscenely excessive) but no DOJ wants to talk about green bubbles and hi-res pics!... @ccianet : U.S. #antitrust law protects consumers from harmful practices - not competitors from competition. The DOJ's lawsuit against Apple comes as part of an ongoing pattern of regulators targeting consumer-favorite #tech products & services and would harm, not help consumers. Jason Koebler / @jason_koebler : I bought the documents for the DOJ's lawsuit against Apple and we're making it available for free here: https://www.404media.co/... Dwayne Winseck / @mediamorphis : Very interesting move by the DoJ to go into the social uses of smartphones to build its abuse of dominance case against Apple. Patrick Hedger / @pat_hedger : Oh, I should add that while the Biden administration is supporting a bill to ban TikTok via app stores, if the Biden DOJ succeeds in blowing up Apple's walled garden, it becomes *a lot* harder for parents to control what goes on their kids' phones. Welcome to Washington. [image] Patrick Hedger / @pat_hedger : This suit would force iPhones to work more like Androids to increase choice at the app level. Eliminating the key competitive difference at the device level, where choice is limited, to expand choice at the app level, where choice can be overwhelming, is foolish. Eric Seufert / @eric_seufert : A cursory read of the DoJ's complaint: these issues are all fairly trivial, and addressing them wouldn't impact iOS' general market position. Alternative app stores, sideloading, and the App Store commission aren't raised. (1/X) [image] Sam Bowman / @s8mb : Any prosecutor bringing an antitrust case should be asked: is it consumers asking for a lawsuit here, or competitors? If consumers are largely happy, and it's the company's competitors who are unhappy, there's a very high chance that you're some rival company's useful idiot. Tom Gara / @tomgara : The regulatory focus on green message bubbles is so bizarre to me, but the fact that non-Apple headphones and watches etc aren't allowed to connect to an iPhone the same way that AirPods and Apple Watch do seems kind of straightforwardly anticompetitive @netchoice : Biden Tries to Slice Up Apple, Undermining Consumer Preferences With New DOJ Lawsuit WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division (DOJ) announced a new lawsuit against Apple, one of America's most popular and trusted technology companies. This new... [image] M.G. Siegler / @mgsiegler : Did ChatGPT write this? (I'm only half joking. This whole thing is riddled with text that feels like it was written by someone or something just smashing some text about technology together.) @thejusticedept : “Monopolies like Apple's threaten the free & fair markets upon which our economy is based. They stifle innovation, hurt producers & workers & increase costs for consumers. If left unchallenged, Apple will only continue to strengthen its smartphone monopoly.” - AG Garland Megan Gray / @megangra : Why did DOJ file the Apple in New Jersey? Well, the case had to be filed in one of these states, and of the group, the only other options were the following (the others don't have sophisticated commercial bar/bench so probably never under serious consideration): @thejusticedept : “The Supreme Court defines monopoly power as ‘the power to control prices or exclude competition.’ As set out in our complaint, Apple has that power in the smartphone market.” - AG Garland @thejusticedept : Justice Department Sues Apple for Monopolizing Smartphone Markets 🔗: https://www.justice.gov/... [image] Amanda Lewis / @amandalws : 16 State AGs are: NJ, AZ, CA, DC, CT, ME, MI, MN, NH, NY, ND, OK, OR, TN, VT, WI Adam Kovacevich / @adamkovac : It's interesting what DOJ decided to focus on here - “super apps” (mostly theoretical in US), Cloud streaming apps, iMessage, watches, and Apple Pay. [image] Jo Ling Kent / @jolingkent : Asst AG Kanter adds on a final note in this DOJ presser: “Competition makes devices more private and more secure...our complaint explains in many instances, Apple's conduct in its ecosystem has made its product less private and less secure.” @thejusticedept : “Consumers should not have to pay higher prices because companies break the law. We allege that Apple has employed a strategy that relies on exclusionary, anticompetitive conduct that hurts both consumers and developers.” - AG Garland @thejusticedept : “Enforcing the law protects consumers from higher prices and fewer choices. That is the Justice Department's legal obligation. That is what the American people expect. That is what they deserve.” - AG Garland Tom Warren / @tomwarren : US sues Apple for illegal monopoly over smartphones. The Department of Justice claims Apple has maintained an illegal monopoly over the smartphone market by locking in customers and making experiences worse for rival products https://www.theverge.com/... Eric Migicovsky / @ericmigi : DOJ references Apple's stranglehold over texting on iPhones [image] Ashley M. Gjøvik / @ashleygjovik : I am delighted to see a media strategy deployed by DOJ this time to ensure they can control the message about their own lawsuit against Apple. Last time, Apple managed to get the media to bully DOJ & the federal monitor incessantly. Simon Taylor / @sytaylor : DoJ is coming after Apple for the Apple ecosystem monopoly Citing 1. The green vs blue messages 2. Digital wallet access (!!) 3. Smart watches 4. Treatment of developers and the 30% take rate https://techcrunch.com/... Jose Pagliery / @jose_pagliery : The DOJ, 15 states, and DC are teaming up to fight Apple with the biggest anti-trust lawsuit I've seen in a while. They want Apple to free up the iPhone and do away with limits on messages, smart watches & digital watches. https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ... Eric Nathan / @barstoolnate : The DOJ is suing Apple because they make it easier for Apple consumers to use Apple products. Why wouldn't they push their own stuff over competitors? Seems silly. [image] Amanda Lewis / @amandalws : Full complaint in DOJ v. Apple, joined by 16 State AGs! Available here. The complaint lays out a thorough and compelling story of Apple's consumer-harming and innovation-crushing conduct. Congrats are in order for the case team including State AG staff👏👏 https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ... Ben Thompson / @benthompson : wut [image] Mike Butcher / @mikebutcher : Apple sued by DOJ over iPhone monopoly claims - It accuses the company of increasing friction for those looking to switch to the competition. That includes things like “contractual restrictions” and the vetting process Apple uses on its App Store. https://techcrunch.com/... @garrytan : Apple's closed platforms & self-preferencing are stifling innovation and preventing new startups & emerging. Decisive antitrust action is needed to restore competition & innovation in the iOS ecosystem. Paul McLeod / @pdmcleod : Merrick Garland: Apple has maintained its profits not by innovating to stay ahead, but by blocking and degrading the functionality of non-Apple apps, and even its own apps when they interract with non-Apple services. https://www.justice.gov/live Paul McLeod / @pdmcleod : Bottom line: Biden DOJ and 16 state AGs say that Apple “has gone from revolutionizing the smartphone market to stalling its advancement.” They allege its anticompetitive contact violated the Sherman Act, raising prices on consumers and leaving them with a worse experience. Igor Letina / @igorletina : Reading the US v Apple complaint, I keep wondering why the DOJ decided to call the relevant product market “performance smartphones.” It sounds very off. [image] Jo Ling Kent / @jolingkent : AG Garland specifically called out Apple for allegedly “degrading quality” of texts between iPhones + Androids, to encourage people to buy more iPhones We did a deep dive on @CBSMornings on blue vs green bubbles back in December focused on @onbeeper. https://www.youtube.com/... Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : 2024 is the year the chickens came home to roost when it comes to several years of anticompetitive moves by Apple. They could only hide behind the fig leaf of doing things to protect users for so long. However it's now obvious how much it's really about tilting the playing field [image] @pythiar : “Apple makes a product everyone wants and will pay way more for because it works better and provides a better consumer experience and we don't like that.” - DOJ Garrett Ventry / @garrettventry : Why is Lisa Monaco involved in the Apple DOJ case? She literally represented Apple previously. Monaco should be recused from the case. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ ... Marcelo P. Lima / @marceloplima : DOJ lays out the bull case for $AAPL [image] Eric Migicovsky / @ericmigi : Oh hey, they worked in some Pebble stuff too [image] Eric Migicovsky / @ericmigi : This DOJ v Apple lawsuit is basically Eric Migicovsky v Apple. I swear I did not do this on purpose. Adam Kovacevich / @adamkovac : Digging into DOJ v Apple complaint... [image] Benjamin Mayo / @bzamayo : The US complaint has a whole section on Apple Watch tie-in protecting iPhone monopoly, and restricting other smartwatches from working well with the iPhone. That's something the EU hasn't really cared about (yet?). Eric Migicovsky / @ericmigi : Today, the US DOJ sued Apple for illegally creating a walled garden that traps users in the Apple ecosystem and stifles innovation of new apps/accessories. This is relevant to everyone in the US. It's a big deal. Full complaint: https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ... [image] Eric Migicovsky / @ericmigi : From the DOJ complaint. I couldn't have said it better myself ( https://blog.beeper.com/...) [image] @garrytan : Today's antitrust action against Apple is a watershed moment. Y Combinator applauds the DOJ for taking decisive steps to challenge practices that have insulated the iPhone from competition at the expense of consumer welfare and technological progress. Rakesh Agrawal / @rakeshlobster : Monopoly on distribution of apps written for iPhone? Best I can come up with. Apple has only 30% of global smartphone share. Remember when DoJ blocked staples merger because they defined “office superstores” as a market? Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi : The quiet part in WSJ. The case against Apple is the last shoe to dropon the big four tech giants by U.S. antitrust officials. Christina Warren / @film_girl : Full DoJ complaint for anyone who like me has an hour before their first meeting and wants to peruse 88 pages https://storage.courtlistener.com/ ... Rich DeMuro / @richontech : People saying that their market share isn't a monopoly is missing the point. It's not about the market share. It's about limiting what developers are allowed to do with the iPhone hardware and software... while reserving the right to do it themselves. There are benefits to this... Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz : First paragraph of the DOJ suit vs. Apple. Dang. [image] M.G. Siegler / @mgsiegler : Maybe the US can ask to try this case in Brussels. Joanna Stern / @joannastern : Ok so in five years we'll get the same changes those in EU have gotten? Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller : CNBC is trying to say that the DOJ is doing something similar to Europe on Apple, but EU enforcers are short-sighted morons focused on easy-to-see app stores. U.S. antitrust enforcers are actually going at the core market power of exclusionary behavior. Adam Kovacevich / @adamkovac : - Apple refusal to allow game streaming apps - Apple refusal to allow “super apps” All in all the NYT's preview was pretty spot on! Adam Kovacevich / @adamkovac : Press embargoes on DOJ v Apple lifted. Here's what we're learning about suit's focus: - Excluding competitors from Apple Wallet - Excluding co's like Tile from location tracking - Hurts Android users through green bubble / blue bubble - Too difficult to own non-Apple watches Christina Warren / @film_girl : I thought the last time the DoJ sued the largest American tech company over monopolistic practices it was dumb. I think it's dumb this time too. But I cannot lie, I live for the drama. Lauren Feiner / @lauren_feiner : Can't wait to spend several weeks covering this trial in Jersey in like 3 years Rich DeMuro / @richontech : The pressure on Apple to change its ways has been on lately. First from the EU and now from the US. Apple controls just about every aspect of the iPhone experience whether users realize it or not From the apps you can install to the ways you can pay to the voice assistant and... [image] Dan Papscun / @papscun : BREAKING: DOJ and 17 state and district AGs sued Apple over its alleged monopoly of smartphone markets. Complaint points at conduct over payment systems, cloud streaming, cross-platform messaging, smartwatches, and “super apps.” Joanna Stern / @joannastern : Quite a week for Apple. Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller : DOJ suit against Apple has five claims on monopoly maintenance. Antitrust Division alleges Apple: 1) Blocking super apps 2) Mobile cloud streaming services 3) Excluding cross-platform messaging apps 4) Degrading non-Apple smart watches 5) Limiting third party digital wallets @mrddmia : Amen. Republican state attorneys general should join this bipartisan lawsuit to hold accountable trillion-dollar Big Tech monopolist Apple for its blatant market abuses. Like these AGs did with the Google search and ad-tech antitrust lawsuits. Free markets require functioning markets... Jacob Eiting / @jeiting : Can't wait for the Biden admin to beat up Apple for being rich and the Trump admin to beat them up for being woke Meanwhile app developers just want a better deal John William Sherrod / @jwsherrod : Remember: the definition of “antitrust” means whatever grandstanding politicians need it to be. @dhh : “The Justice Department is poised to sue Apple Inc. as soon as Thursday, accusing the world's second most valuable tech company of violating antitrust laws by blocking rivals from accessing hardware and software features of its iPhone.” 👏https://finance.yahoo.com/ ... Florian Mueller / @florian4gamers : Apple is collecting regulatory challenges. Those challenges are typically about real issues, but have so far made only limited impact. So far. Apple's multi-front war on regulators and developers could still go down as a historic case of hubris and/or shortsighted management. Peter Steinberger / @steipete : Is the US getting FOMO on all the new nice EU-only iOS app freedom? LinkedIn: Noah Gift : The less power big tech companies have the better the world is, no matter how cool the products they make are. … Langley Steinert : Apple has a 57% market share of mobile phones. Thats not a monopoly. If people don't like the iPhone they can use android. … Caroline Giegerich : You know that song, “He Had it Coming” from Chicago? https://lnkd.in/... Yup, this story reminds me of that. … Forums: r/worldnews : U.S. Sues Apple, Accusing It of Maintaining an iPhone Monopoly r/moderatepolitics : Apple sued by Biden administration over alleged iPhone ‘monopoly power’ r/politics : Apple will be sued by the Biden administration in a landmark antitrust lawsuit, sources say Msmash / Slashdot : Justice Department To Sue Apple For Antitrust Violations