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Here’s what the DOJ suit could mean for Apple Watch


Apple’s ecosystem play has – at once – been the envy and bane of the consumer electronics industry for decades. Following a lawsuit filed by the U.S.

The sweeping lawsuit, jointly filed with the attorneys general of 16 states and the District of Columbia, focuses primarily on the iPhone and controversial practices like the company’s walled-off approach to app sales. The suit rightly notes that the Apple Watch is “only compatible with the iPhone” – a longstanding complaint among Android users interested in picking up what is far and away the market share leader. One important difference, though, is that the vast majority of the non-Apple handsets out in the world run the same operating system, affording an added level of cross-manufacturer functionality.

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