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# What to Know About the U.S. Apple Antitrust Lawsuit

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_Published 2024-03-21. The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Apple on Thursday, accusing the tech giant of maintaining a monopoly over the smartphone market.  The complaint, which was filed with 16 state and district attorneys general, argues that Apple engages in anticompetitive behavior by restricting how third-party products can interact with its products, including apps, non-Apple smartwatches, and more._


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## Transcript

Earlier today the Department of Justice joined by 15 states and the District of Columbia sued Apple in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey for violating section to the Sherman Antitrust Act. Over the last two decades Apple has become one of the most valuable public companies in the world today. Its net income exceeds the individual gross domestic product of more than 100 countries that is in large part due to the success of the iPhone. Apple's signature smartphone product. 4 over a decade iPhone sales have made up a majority of Apple's annual revenue today Apple share the u.s.

Performance smartphone market exceeds 70% But as our complaint alleges Apple has maintained Monopoly power in the smartphone market not simply by staying ahead of the competition on the merits but by violating Federal antitrust law consumers should not have to pay higher prices because companies break the law. We allege that Apple has employed a strategy that relies on exclusionary anti-competitive conduct that hurts both consumers and Developers for consumers that is meant for your choices higher prices and fees lower quality smartphones apps and accessories and less Innovation from Apple and its competitors for developers that is meant being forced to play by rules that insulate Apple from competition.

And as outlined in our complaint, we alleged that Apple has Consolidated. Its Monopoly power not by making its own products better, but I'm making other products worse as set out in our complaint Apple has maintained its power not because of its superiority because of this unlawful exclusionary Behavior. Monopolies like apples threaten the free and bear markets upon which our economy is based. They stifle Innovation, they heard producers and workers and the increased cost for consumers. If left unchecked alleged Apple will only continue to strengthen its smartphone Monopoly. But there's a lot of that the justice department will vigorously enforce antitrust law enforcing the law protects consumers from higher prices and fewer choices.

That is a Justice Department's legal obligation. That is what the American people expect. That is what they deserve.

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