The Justice Department is poised to sue Apple as soon as Thursday, accusing the world’s second most valuable tech company of violating antitrust laws by blocking rivals from accessing hardware and software features of its iPhone.

The suit, which is expected to be filed in federal court, according to people familiar with the matter, escalates the Biden administration’s antitrust fights against most of the biggest U.S. technology giants. The Justice Department is already suing Alphabet’s Google for monopolization, while the Federal Trade Commission is pursuing antitrust cases against Meta Platforms and Amazon.com.

  • sylver_dragon
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    143 months ago

    I hate the Orange Baboon as much as the next person, but from the article:

    The Justice Department opened the latest case in 2019 under former President Donald Trump.

    Unless Time Cook has a sudden change of heart and starts sucking up to Trump, I doubt that Apple is going to get a free pass.

    • Flying Squid
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      23 months ago

      That said, also from the article-

      The suit, which is expected to be filed in federal court, according to people familiar with the matter, escalates the Biden administration’s antitrust fights against most of the biggest U.S. technology giants. The Justice Department is already suing Alphabet’s Google for monopolization, while the Federal Trade Commission is pursuing antitrust cases against Meta Platforms and Amazon.com.

      I don’t know that Trump would take it that far and I could definitely see him putting a stop to at least some of that.

      • Admiral Patrick
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        53 months ago

        I don’t know that Trump would take it that far and I could definitely see him putting a stop to at least some of that.

        Considering his current financial situation, I could see the dirtbag asking them for money to make those go away.

    • @helenslunch@feddit.nl
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      03 months ago

      Unless Time Cook has a sudden change of heart and starts sucking up to Trump

      Funny thing about Trump is how easy he is to manipulate. Just smile and stroke his ego and he’ll do whatever you want.