Analysts say some arguments in the DOJ's lawsuit may favor Apple, as a judge ruled that Apple doesn't violate antitrust laws when Epic made similar claims
Here's Why Kristijan Lucic / Android Headlines : The DOJ lawsuit “threatens who we are”, Apple says Investing.com : Apple shares maintain neutral rating amid DOJ antitrust lawsuit Research Live : Apple to face US Justice Department lawsuit Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch : In its lawsuit, the US DOJ says “Apple deploys privacy and security justifications as an elastic shield that can stretch or contract” to serve its interests Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge : In its lawsuit, the US DOJ alleges CarPlay lets Apple exert too much control over the auto industry; some analysts say the DOJ may be misunderstanding CarPlay Akash Pandey / NewsBytes : US Justice Department initiates antitrust lawsuit against Apple over CarPlay David McCabe / New York Times : A profile of DOJ's Jonathan Kanter, as he takes the biggest swing in his decades-long effort to fight the concentration of power in corporate America Threads: Benedict Evans / @benedictevans : It still amazes me how sloppy this DoJ filing is. It's Apple's fault that LG and HTC could not compete with Xiaomi, Oppo and Samsung? Google Android phones are outsold by Samsung Android phones... because of iMessage? WTF? Ther's stuff like this on every page. How did this get out of a drafting session? … Joshua Pack / @mrjoshuapack : After reading up on some of the stuff, not as much as I would like, I do not think Apple is a Monopoly. I would say a duopoly with Android. However, I do think they use anti-competitive techniques. However, Google does too, and so does Microsoft. And all of them should be ashamed of that. … Jake Blakeley / @blakejakely : Can we stop arguing about Apple CarPlay in Rivians and other cars now? Apple is pretty absurd to expect this. I love our Tesla and Rivian UI 100x more than CarPlay Benedict Evans / @benedictevans : This is a spectacular missed opportunity by the DoJ [Screenshot of DOJ filing's pdf, with search for “U2” returning no results] X: Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller : CNBC's Jim Cramer says Biden Antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter is only bringing the Apple suit because Trump is going to win and Kanter won't be at the Antitrust Division for much longer. Congrats Kanter, Cramer finally hates you. Achievement unlocked. [video] Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller : The key point that no one else has made on Apple's monopolization case is that where it doesn't monopolize - in China - it has to compete. It just cut iPhone prices in China by $180 last month response to fierce competition. https://www.thebignewsletter.com/ ... [image] Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller : There are many reasons to support the antitrust suit against Apple, but the most orthodox one is that Apple overcharges people for iPhones by thwarting competition. Where it can't do that, in China, prices are lower. https://www.thebignewsletter.com/ ... Kontra / @counternotions : DOJ's antitrust suit against Apple may read infuriatingly ignorant, inaccurate and ahistorical, but, above all, it's an ideological frontal attack on the notion of integrated product/platform design...a death march to commodification and interchangeability. The rest is much noise. Matt Stoller / @matthewstoller : In China many of the tactics Apple uses to raise switching costs don't work. So it has to compete on price. [image] Florian Mueller / @florian4gamers : Those “analysts” don't understand that the district court and the appeals court said Epic lost due to a FAILURE OF PROOF (the appeals court was only concerned with market definition and, in that regard, lock-in). The next one may deliver proof, learn from first one's mistakes. @_steve_waite_ : So I'm reading that this lawsuit is a waste of time and money. DOJ is burning taxpayer money. https://techcrunch.com/...