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submitted 9 months ago by sverit@feddit.de to c/technology@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 67 points 9 months ago

lol this is going to go nowhere

[-] ANIMATEK@lemmy.world 62 points 9 months ago

I don’t think so. EU did push through with reform, the US will join sooner or later.

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago

The EU passed new laws to address new needs. The US is trying to see if they can provide consumer protection with existing consumer protection laws from the past.

Passing consumer protection laws is pretty hard when people don’t vote enough democrats into the senate and house. The GOP hates consumer protection regulation.

[-] alekwithak@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

At least it happened.

[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 8 points 9 months ago

If it was all Blue States, if probably agree, but it does include a few Deep Red States with North Dakota, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Tennessee, etc. That makes me cautiously optimistic.

[-] alekwithak@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago
[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

If was all Blue States, with a Democratic Federal DOJ, it's quite possible that it's just political messaging. With a mix of Blue & Red States, it's still possible it's messaging or a (rare) common-enemy, but it's more likely they think something's actually there, and they don't want to waste their time playing nice with the "other side".

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