The lawsuit seeks to upend a major part of Apple’s business.

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.

  • SulaymanF@lemmy.worldEnglish
    722·
    9 months ago

    That’s not Apple, that’s the free market. Samsung touted wired headphones and a headphone jack and the market still showed they wanted wireless.

    • Raiderkev@lemmy.worldEnglish
      272·
      9 months ago

      But we had wireless headphones already. The choice to have both was nice. Not being able to charge and use headphones sucks. Also tiny e waste pods with tiny non recyclable batteries are terrible for the environment compared to a wired pair when thrown in a landfill.

    • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      81·
      9 months ago

      and the market still showed they wanted wireless

      Or maybe people just need phones and there are only like 3 actual options.

      • SulaymanF@lemmy.worldEnglish
        22·
        9 months ago

        That’s simply not true. Have you been in a mobile phone store recently? There’s far more than 3 brands of phone let alone 3 models per brand.