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Dan Papscun

@papscun
10 posts
2024-03-22
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.”
2024-03-22 View on X
Wall Street Journal

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 fr...

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.”
2024-03-22 View on X
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

Buried in the 88-page antitrust lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice against Apple is a reference to everyone's favorite phone-projection system, CarPlay.

Apple is engaging in “many of the same tactics that Microsoft used” before it was sued for monopolization in the 1990s, Associate AG Mizer says.
2024-03-22 View on X
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

Buried in the 88-page antitrust lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice against Apple is a reference to everyone's favorite phone-projection system, CarPlay.

Apple is engaging in “many of the same tactics that Microsoft used” before it was sued for monopolization in the 1990s, Associate AG Mizer says.
2024-03-22 View on X
TechCrunch

The US DOJ's Apple lawsuit has many parallels to its Microsoft lawsuit in the 1990s, but Apple's monopoly position is not nearly as clear-cut as Microsoft's was

“Apple inhibits third-party smartwatches from maintaining a reliable connection with the iPhone.”  —  To be fair, Apple does that to its own smartwatches too. X: Charles Arthur / @...

2024-01-26
FTC is seeking info from Microsoft-OpenAI, Amazon-Anthropic, and Google-Anthropic on their investments + partnerships re: generative AI and cloud service providers. Focus on goal + implications of partnerships/investments + analysis of competitive impact. https://www.ftc.gov/...
2024-01-26 View on X
New York Times

The US FTC opens a probe into investments by Microsoft in OpenAI and by Amazon and Google in Anthropic, to assess how the deals alter the competitive landscape

The agency plans to scrutinize Microsoft, Amazon and Google for their investments in the A.I. start-ups OpenAI and Anthropic.

2023-09-27
Remember the evidentiary issues caused by Google's use of self-deleting chats? Looks like that may again be a problem here. “Amazon prejudicially [...] despite Plaintiffs' instructing Amazon not to do so.” [image]
2023-09-27 View on X
CNBC

The FTC and 17 US states sue Amazon for allegedly using monopoly power to raise its prices, force sellers to pay fulfillment and ad fees, and harm its rivals

- Amazon is facing its first set of antitrust charges from the U.S. federal government after the Federal Trade Commission filed …

2023-09-13
DOJ “will introduce evidence at trial of Google's intent to maintain its monopoly, including Google's deliberate destruction and concealing of evidence that could demonstrate its liability.” Here's my story on how that tactic could play out at trial. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ ... [image]
2023-09-13 View on X
New York Times

A recap of the first day of US et al v. Google, as the DOJ argues that the company illegally protected its internet search monopoly via smartphone maker deals

In opening statements for the government's first monopoly trial of the modern internet era, Google defended itself and said people had many choices for online search.

2023-08-10
BREAKING: Apple can enforce its anti-steering rule while it appeals a 9th Cir. ruling in its antitrust fight with Epic, after Justice Kagan denied the developer's motion for a stay. The appeals court said Apple must end the provision but suspended the order pending SCOTUS appeal.
2023-08-10 View on X
Bloomberg

SCOTUS lets Apple keep its App Store payment rules for now, rejecting an Epic request that would have let developers start directing users to cheaper options

For Now Ed Hardy / Cult of Mac : Supreme Court refuses to speed up major App Store change PYMNTS.com : Apple Wins, for Now, With Supreme Court in Epic Games Fight Jon Swartz / Mark...

2023-04-26
CMA blocks Microsoft-Activision. “Allowing Microsoft to take such a strong position in the cloud gaming market just as it begins to grow rapidly would risk undermining the innovation that is crucial to the development of these opportunities.” https://www.gov.uk/...
2023-04-26 View on X
GOV.UK

The UK CMA blocks Microsoft's $68.7B Activision acquisition, citing concerns about competition and innovation in the UK gaming market; Microsoft plans to appeal

The CMA has prevented Microsoft's proposed purchase of Activision over concerns the deal would alter the future …

2022-07-22
Tim Cook has become one of the country's most politically active tech CEOs in recent years. The company is cozying up to powerful Washington figures, often deploying Cook to make Apple's arguments directly to lawmakers. again via tireless @birnbaum_e https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2022-07-22 View on X
Bloomberg

Apple is on track for its biggest year of US lobbying, spending $4.6M in H1 2022, as Tim Cook becomes one of the country's most politically active tech CEOs

Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg :