I want the federal government would simply butt out (Apple ISN’Tt a monopoly), however on March 21, the U.S. Division of Justice introduced it had filed an antitrust lawsuit towards Apple. Now some copycat lawsuits are following in its wake.
In response to Reuters, Apple has been hit with a flurry of latest client lawsuits accusing the iPhone maker of monopolizing the smartphone market, piggybacking the lawsuit filed by the DOJ and 15 states final week. At the least three proposed class actions have been filed since Friday in and New Jersey federal courts by iPhone homeowners who declare Apple inflated the price of its merchandise by anticompetitive conduct.
(Hmmm, why don’t these people submitting the lawsuits simply purchase Android telephones if Apple is so dangerous?)
Relating to the DOJ lawsuit, in an announcement shared with MacRumors, Apple stated the lawsuit is “incorrect on the info and the legislation,” and the corporate vowed to “vigorously defend” itself:
From the assertion: At Apple, we innovate day-after-day to make know-how individuals love—designing merchandise that work seamlessly collectively, shield individuals’s privateness and safety, and create a magical expertise for our customers. This lawsuit threatens who we’re and the ideas that set Apple merchandise aside in fiercely aggressive markets. If profitable, it will hinder our potential to create the type of know-how individuals count on from Apple—the place {hardware}, software program, and companies intersect. It might additionally set a harmful precedent, empowering authorities to take a heavy hand in designing individuals’s know-how. We imagine this lawsuit is incorrect on the info and the legislation, and we are going to vigorously defend towards it.
