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Apple facing major antitrust lawsuit from US government
Apple is facing another antitrust lawsuit - this time from the US government.Earlier today, the US Department of Justic…
In the lawsuit, the Department of Justice alleges Apple engages in an "anticompetitive course of conduct", using tactics such as making it difficult for consumers to switch to other smartphone platforms, maintaining a closed-off system which is incompatible with apps and peripherals from other companies, and blocking third-party digital wallets. Watch on YouTube The lawsuit (uploaded to the DOJ's website) seeks to prevent Apple from anti-competitive practices including "control of app distribution to undermine cross-platform technologies", "using private APIs to undermine cross-platform technologies" and using contracts with "developers, accessory makers, consumers, or others to obtain, maintain, extend, or entrench a monopoly". BBC sources have stated the EU's European Commission is expected to announce a similar investigation into Apple, Meta, and Google.
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