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U.S. Sues Apple, Accusing It of Maintaining an iPhone Monopoly (www.nytimes.com)

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The lawsuit caps years of regulatory scrutiny of Apple’s wildly popular suite of devices and services, which have fueled its growth into a nearly $3 trillion public company.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The government even has the right to ask for a breakup of the Silicon Valley icon.

Into what? I'd be interested in that. Really depends on the granularity of the break up. If it's just iPhone company + mac company + smartwatch company + chip company + ... , then it'll still have the iPhone as it's core money maker. Breaking it up into a payment processor, app store, and other stuff to make the iPhone a more open device, maybe that'd help.

In any case, about time the US actually steps into the ring.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Separating software and hardware would be a good start. Though that may be a big ask as that's been Apple's schtick from the start. But seeing as it's a big part of Apple's anticompetitive practices, not outrageous.