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The U.S. Department of Justice, along with 15 states and the District of Columbia, sued Apple on Thursday accused the tech giant of violating federal antitrust laws and illegally using anticompetitive tactics to maintain its monopoly on the smartphone market.
“We argue that Apple strengthened its monopoly power not by making its products better, but by making other products worse,” U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a press conference.
Garland noted that the iPhone costs nearly $1,600 ( iPhone 15 Pro Max) and it’s over 60% US smartphone market share. The agency argues that Apple maintains its hold on the U.S. smartphone market not only by virtue of its achievements, but also by tightly controlling how third-party companies interact with its products.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said last year at a press conference at the Justice Department. Photo credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
For example, Apple has previously allowed iPhone users to send high-quality photos and videos to each other through iMessage’s distinctive blue text bubbles, but Android phones have been restricted from doing so. SMS standard Bright green speech bubble.
Related: Apple ends app that allowed Android users to send blue bubble texts to iPhone
Apple announced this year that it would use a new standard called RCS to make communication from Android to iPhone smoother, but Google also useeven for non-iPhone users. There are green bubbles.
According to , the distinct color difference between iPhone and Android users is making the iPhone cooler among teenagers. wall street journal. Piper Sandler, a major investment bank, found An October survey found that 87% of teens own an iPhone, and 88% expect their next phone to be an iPhone.
The Justice Department has accused Apple of countering competition by making it harder and more expensive for customers to move outside of its ecosystem.
“Apple’s actions have reduced the competition to drive down the price of consumer smartphones,” Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Cantor said at a press conference.
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Apple also allegedly charges developers “high fees,” Kanter said, “costing the U.S. economy billions of dollars.”
At a press conference, Garland responded to a question about the possibility that iPhones are flooded with dangerous apps, saying that the lawsuit does not cover any type of review that Apple does on the App Store, but rather that it is exclusionary. He said it only covers actions.
Apple said the lawsuit “threats who we are” and limits its ability to “create the kind of technology people expect from Apple.”
Apple said in a statement: “We believe this lawsuit is wrong based on the facts and law, and we will vigorously defend it.” CNN.
According to Statista, Apple is the largest technology company Estimate, recently faced an antitrust complaint from the Department of Justice.Google historically went to court Last year, the company was charged with an ongoing federal antitrust lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice. is said to have a monopoly Search and search ads.Ministry of Justice scrutinized The relationship between Google and Apple in court.
Related: Google paid Apple billions of dollars for access to iPhone users. The partnership is currently under scrutiny in a U.S. antitrust case.