The lawsuit seeks to upend a major part of Apple’s business.

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.

  • kaffiene@lemmy.worldEnglish
    131·
    8 months ago

    Did you read the article? Their concerns are a number of anticompetiive behaviours from Apple,. Not the lack of competition. But that said, “Android” is not a competitor, Android is an OS. Samsung is a competitor and they’re nowhere near Apples size in the US

    • PlainSimpleGarak@lemm.eeEnglish
      13·
      8 months ago

      The Android OS is a competitor to iOS. Yes, Android is produced by several different manufacturers.

      • kaffiene@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        It’s not a competitor in the sense of a being a company that can monopolise, which is the context of the discsussion