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US sues Apple for illegal monopoly over smartphones (www.theverge.com)

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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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[-] UristMcHolland@lemmy.world 248 points 7 months ago

I don't hate Apple but I do hate their influence. They release some wireless earbuds and then suddenly all the manufacturers "don't have enough room for a headphone jack", ...get the fuck out of here.

[-] lemmesay@discuss.tchncs.de 101 points 7 months ago

i'm still angry about their initiatives on delicate phone bodies and non-removable batteries.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 41 points 7 months ago

And "no physical keyboards"

[-] Morefan@retrolemmy.com 7 points 7 months ago

Not all phones have gone to the dark side - https://www.fxtec.com

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