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TechCrunch Minute: Breaking down the Apple iPhone antitrust lawsuit from the DOJ

The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Apple over allegedly monopolistic practices with the iPhone, with wide-ranging implications.

Potential impacts are myriad, from consumer messaging to smartphones to smart watches. And while there are many critics of the DoJ’s suit — TechCrunch has a little historical lesson here, for example — the Coalition for App Fairness which counts Epic and Spotify among other companies on its roster, is giving it a thumbs up. Today we’re seeing regulatory bodies around the world look to enforce their view of market competition rules that may, or may not come up trumps against tech giants.

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